Level Critical — 85/100 — 2026-10-23
Critical day: 29 stories ranked, 5 of the top 10 reported as actively exploited, 2 flaws newly added to CISA’s exploited-vulnerabilities catalogue. Top story: PHP 'php2shell' critical flaws (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619) allow unauthenticated RCE; CISA and NCSC urge immediate patching (80/100).