# Agencies and CERTs: its php2shell risk register

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The fractal risk register for Agencies and CERTs: 11 risks assigned to it or arriving through its parts, the part it plays in each and who it shares them with.

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# Agencies and CERTs: its risk register

The national agencies that advised, and in some cases told their own governments to go offline.

**Kind** group · **Assigned here** 3 · **In its register** 11 · in the story as [National agencies](../../../actors/index.html#agencies)

## The register

Assigned here, or arriving through a part of this stakeholder. The part played is the one recorded for whoever holds the assignment.

| Risk | Rating | Kind | Part played | Controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [R03 Exploitation outpaces patching](../../../grc/risks/r03/index.html) | **20** critical | Security | *through* [US: CISA and the NSA](../../../grc/stakeholders/us-agencies/index.html) (regulator) | [CISA KEV and BOD 22-01 KEV-entry](../../../grc/frameworks/kev/index.html#c-kev-entry), [CISA KEV and BOD 22-01 BOD22-01](../../../grc/frameworks/kev/index.html#c-bod22-01), [NIST CSF 2.0 DE.CM-01](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-de-cm-01), [NIST SP 800-53 SI-4](../../../grc/frameworks/nist80053/index.html#c-si-4) +3 |
| [R04 Services lost to precautionary shutdowns](../../../grc/risks/r04/index.html) | **20** critical | Operational | **source** | [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.29](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-29), [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.30](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-30), [NIS2 Art.21(2)(c)](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-21-2-c), [DORA Art.11](../../../grc/frameworks/dora/index.html#c-art-11) +2 |
| [R04-1 National government services offline](../../../grc/risks/r04-1/index.html) | **20** critical | Operational | *through* [EU and member-state CERTs](../../../grc/stakeholders/eu-agencies/index.html) (informer) | [NIS2 Art.21(2)(c)](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-21-2-c), [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.29](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-29), [NIST CSF 2.0 RC.RP-01](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-rc-rp-01) |
| [R01-6 Products that embed PHP stay vulnerable while their suppliers investigate](../../../grc/risks/r01-6/index.html) | **16** high | Supply chain | *through* [EU and member-state CERTs](../../../grc/stakeholders/eu-agencies/index.html) (informer) | [Cyber Resilience Act Art.13](../../../grc/frameworks/cra/index.html#c-art-13), [Cyber Resilience Act AnnexI.II](../../../grc/frameworks/cra/index.html#c-annexi-ii), [OWASP Top 10s A03:2025](../../../grc/frameworks/owasp/index.html#c-a03-2025), [NIS2 Art.21(2)(d)](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-21-2-d) +4 |
| [R01 Remote code execution on internet-facing PHP servers](../../../grc/risks/r01/index.html) | **15** high | Security | **informer** | [ISO/IEC 27001 A.8.8](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-8-8), [NIST CSF 2.0 ID.RA-01](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-id-ra-01), [NIST SP 800-53 SI-2](../../../grc/frameworks/nist80053/index.html#c-si-2), [CIS Controls 7.7](../../../grc/frameworks/cis/index.html#c-7-7) +3 |
| [R04-2 Councils and police offline without saying why](../../../grc/risks/r04-2/index.html) | **15** high | Reputational | *through* [UK NCSC](../../../grc/stakeholders/uk-ncsc/index.html) (informer) | [Cyber Essentials SUM](../../../grc/frameworks/cyberessentials/index.html#c-sum), [NIST CSF 2.0 RS.CO-03](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-rs-co-03), [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.24](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-24) |
| [R06 A compromise becomes a reportable breach](../../../grc/risks/r06/index.html) | **15** high | Compliance | *through* [EU and member-state CERTs](../../../grc/stakeholders/eu-agencies/index.html) (regulator) | [GDPR Art.32](../../../grc/frameworks/gdpr/index.html#c-art-32), [GDPR Art.33](../../../grc/frameworks/gdpr/index.html#c-art-33), [GDPR Art.34](../../../grc/frameworks/gdpr/index.html#c-art-34), [NIS2 Art.23](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-23) +2 |
| [R03-3 Exploited in the wild without anyone being able to show it](../../../grc/risks/r03-3/index.html) | **12** high | Governance | *through* [US: CISA and the NSA](../../../grc/stakeholders/us-agencies/index.html) (regulator) | [CISA KEV and BOD 22-01 KEV-entry](../../../grc/frameworks/kev/index.html#c-kev-entry), [NIST CSF 2.0 ID.RA-02](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-id-ra-02), [NIST CSF 2.0 GV.RR-01](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-gv-rr-01) |
| [R04-3 The agencies' advice disagrees](../../../grc/risks/r04-3/index.html) | **12** high | Governance | **source** | [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.5](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-5), [NIST CSF 2.0 GV.RR-01](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-gv-rr-01), [NIS2 Art.20](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-20) |
| [R06-2 Essential and financial entities miss their reporting clocks](../../../grc/risks/r06-2/index.html) | **12** high | Compliance | *through* [EU and member-state CERTs](../../../grc/stakeholders/eu-agencies/index.html) (regulator) | [NIS2 Art.23](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-23), [NIS2 Art.20](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-20), [DORA Art.19](../../../grc/frameworks/dora/index.html#c-art-19), [DORA Art.10](../../../grc/frameworks/dora/index.html#c-art-10) +1 |
| [R06-3 Manufacturers under the Cyber Resilience Act owe a 24-hour report](../../../grc/risks/r06-3/index.html) | **12** high | Compliance | *through* [EU and member-state CERTs](../../../grc/stakeholders/eu-agencies/index.html) (regulator) | [Cyber Resilience Act Art.14](../../../grc/frameworks/cra/index.html#c-art-14), [Cyber Resilience Act Art.13](../../../grc/frameworks/cra/index.html#c-art-13), [Cyber Resilience Act Art.24](../../../grc/frameworks/cra/index.html#c-art-24), [Cyber Resilience Act AnnexI.II](../../../grc/frameworks/cra/index.html#c-annexi-ii) |

## Where its risks sit

| Likelihood / impact | 1 Minor | 2 Moderate | 3 Significant | 4 Major | 5 Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Happening | 5 | 10 | 15 [R04-2](../../../grc/risks/r04-2/index.html) | 20 [R04](../../../grc/risks/r04/index.html) [R04-1](../../../grc/risks/r04-1/index.html) | 25 |
| 4 Likely | 4 | 8 | 12 [R04-3](../../../grc/risks/r04-3/index.html) | 16 [R01-6](../../../grc/risks/r01-6/index.html) | 20 [R03](../../../grc/risks/r03/index.html) |
| 3 Possible | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 [R03-3](../../../grc/risks/r03-3/index.html) [R06-2](../../../grc/risks/r06-2/index.html) [R06-3](../../../grc/risks/r06-3/index.html) | 15 [R01](../../../grc/risks/r01/index.html) [R06](../../../grc/risks/r06/index.html) |
| 2 Unlikely | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 1 Rare | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

## Its parts
- [US: CISA and the NSA](../../../grc/stakeholders/us-agencies/index.html): 2 risks
- [EU and member-state CERTs](../../../grc/stakeholders/eu-agencies/index.html): 5 risks
- [UK NCSC](../../../grc/stakeholders/uk-ncsc/index.html): 1 risks

## Who it shares risks with

[Board and executives](../../../grc/stakeholders/board/index.html) (2), [Organisations running PHP](../../../grc/stakeholders/operators/index.html) (1), [People who use PHP services](../../../grc/stakeholders/people/index.html) (1), [The PHP project](../../../grc/stakeholders/php-project/index.html) (1), [Hosting and cloud providers](../../../grc/stakeholders/hosting/index.html) (1), [Edge, WAF and detection vendors](../../../grc/stakeholders/edge/index.html) (1), [Governments and public services](../../../grc/stakeholders/public-sector/index.html) (1), [People who need a service that went offline](../../../grc/stakeholders/service-users/index.html) (1), [Communications team](../../../grc/stakeholders/comms/index.html) (1), [The press](../../../grc/stakeholders/media/index.html) (1)

## The standards its register touches

[ISO/IEC 27001](../../frameworks/iso27001/index.html) (8), [NIST CSF 2.0](../../frameworks/nistcsf/index.html) (7), [NIS2](../../frameworks/nis2/index.html) (5), [NIST SP 800-53](../../frameworks/nist80053/index.html) (4), [Cyber Resilience Act](../../frameworks/cra/index.html) (4), [DORA](../../frameworks/dora/index.html) (4), [GDPR](../../frameworks/gdpr/index.html) (3), [MITRE ATT&CK](../../frameworks/attack/index.html) (2), [OWASP Top 10s](../../frameworks/owasp/index.html) (2), [CISA KEV and BOD 22-01](../../frameworks/kev/index.html) (2), [CIS Controls](../../frameworks/cis/index.html) (1), [SOC 2](../../frameworks/soc2/index.html) (1), [Cyber Essentials](../../frameworks/cyberessentials/index.html) (1)


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