# The finders: its php2shell risk register

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The fractal risk register for The finders: 7 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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# The finders: its risk register

The researchers and companies that found the flaws, several of them with frontier AI, and the audit that surfaced the first bug two years earlier.

**Kind** group · **Assigned here** 4 · **In its register** 7 · in the story as [Calif](../../../actors/index.html#calif), [OpenAI](../../../actors/index.html#openai), [Wiz Research](../../../actors/index.html#wiz), [Quarkslab, OSTIF](../../../actors/index.html#quarkslab)

## 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [R02 The coordinated disclosure broke before the fix was ready](../../../grc/risks/r02/index.html) | **20** critical | Disclosure process | **source** | [ISO/IEC 29147 and 30111 29147:coordination](../../../grc/frameworks/iso29147/index.html#c-29147-coordination), [NIS2 Art.12](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-12), [NIST CSF 2.0 ID.RA-08](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-id-ra-08), [FIRST TLP 2.0 TLP:AMBER+STRICT](../../../grc/frameworks/tlp/index.html#c-tlp-amber-strict) |
| [R02-1 The CVE IDs and the proof-of-concept video circulated before release](../../../grc/risks/r02-1/index.html) | **20** critical | Disclosure process | *through* [Calif](../../../grc/stakeholders/calif/index.html) (source) | [ISO/IEC 29147 and 30111 29147:coordination](../../../grc/frameworks/iso29147/index.html#c-29147-coordination), [NIST CSF 2.0 ID.RA-08](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-id-ra-08) |
| [R08 Frontier AI finds critical flaws faster than maintainers can fix them](../../../grc/risks/r08/index.html) | **20** critical | Strategic | **treater** | [EU AI Act Art.55](../../../grc/frameworks/euaiact/index.html#c-art-55), [NIST AI RMF GOVERN-6.1](../../../grc/frameworks/nistairmf/index.html#c-govern-6-1), [NIST AI RMF MEASURE-2.7](../../../grc/frameworks/nistairmf/index.html#c-measure-2-7), [ISO/IEC 42001 6.1.2](../../../grc/frameworks/iso42001/index.html#c-6-1-2) |
| [R08-1 A known bug left unexploited, then unfixed, for two years](../../../grc/risks/r08-1/index.html) | **16** high | Strategic | *through* [Quarkslab and OSTIF](../../../grc/stakeholders/quarkslab/index.html) (informer) | [NIST SSDF PW.7](../../../grc/frameworks/ssdf/index.html#c-pw-7), [NIST SSDF RV.2](../../../grc/frameworks/ssdf/index.html#c-rv-2), [Cyber Resilience Act Art.24](../../../grc/frameworks/cra/index.html#c-art-24), [ISO/IEC 27001 A.8.25](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-8-25) |
| [R01-4 The fix is incomplete, or a third flaw follows](../../../grc/risks/r01-4/index.html) | **15** high | Security | **informer** | [NIST SSDF RV.3](../../../grc/frameworks/ssdf/index.html#c-rv-3), [NIST SSDF PW.8](../../../grc/frameworks/ssdf/index.html#c-pw-8), [ISO/IEC 27001 A.8.29](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-8-29), [ISO/IEC 29147 and 30111 30111:handling](../../../grc/frameworks/iso29147/index.html#c-30111-handling) |
| [R07 Decisions made on numbers that measure something else](../../../grc/risks/r07/index.html) | **12** high | Governance | *through* [Wiz Research](../../../grc/stakeholders/wiz/index.html) (source) | [NIST CSF 2.0 GV.RM-01](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-gv-rm-01), [ISO/IEC 27001 6.1.2](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-6-1-2), [OWASP Top 10s LLM09:2025](../../../grc/frameworks/owasp/index.html#c-llm09-2025) |
| [R08-2 Several finders, one small team](../../../grc/risks/r08-2/index.html) | **12** high | Operational | **source** | [ISO/IEC 29147 and 30111 29147:receipt](../../../grc/frameworks/iso29147/index.html#c-29147-receipt), [NIST CSF 2.0 ID.RA-08](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-id-ra-08), [NIST SSDF RV.1](../../../grc/frameworks/ssdf/index.html#c-rv-1) |

## Where its risks sit

| Likelihood / impact | 1 Minor | 2 Moderate | 3 Significant | 4 Major | 5 Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Happening | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 [R02](../../../grc/risks/r02/index.html) [R02-1](../../../grc/risks/r02-1/index.html) | 25 |
| 4 Likely | 4 | 8 | 12 [R07](../../../grc/risks/r07/index.html) [R08-2](../../../grc/risks/r08-2/index.html) | 16 [R08-1](../../../grc/risks/r08-1/index.html) | 20 [R08](../../../grc/risks/r08/index.html) |
| 3 Possible | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 [R01-4](../../../grc/risks/r01-4/index.html) |
| 2 Unlikely | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 1 Rare | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

## Its parts
- [Calif](../../../grc/stakeholders/calif/index.html): 1 risks
- [OpenAI (Patch the Planet)](../../../grc/stakeholders/openai/index.html): 1 risks
- [Wiz Research](../../../grc/stakeholders/wiz/index.html): 1 risks
- [Quarkslab and OSTIF](../../../grc/stakeholders/quarkslab/index.html): 1 risks

## Who it shares risks with

[The PHP security team](../../../grc/stakeholders/php-security-team/index.html) (3), [Organisations running PHP](../../../grc/stakeholders/operators/index.html) (2), [The fix authors](../../../grc/stakeholders/php-fix-authors/index.html) (1), [Platform engineers and developers](../../../grc/stakeholders/engineers/index.html) (1), [Distributors and packagers](../../../grc/stakeholders/distributors/index.html) (1), [Security lead and AppSec](../../../grc/stakeholders/security-lead/index.html) (1), [OpenAI (Patch the Planet)](../../../grc/stakeholders/openai/index.html) (1), [The PHP project](../../../grc/stakeholders/php-project/index.html) (1), [Everyone with PHP in the path](../../../grc/stakeholders/world/index.html) (1), [CISO](../../../grc/stakeholders/ciso/index.html) (1), [The PHP Foundation](../../../grc/stakeholders/php-foundation/index.html) (1)

## The standards its register touches

[NIST SSDF](../../frameworks/ssdf/index.html) (5), [ISO/IEC 27001](../../frameworks/iso27001/index.html) (3), [ISO/IEC 29147 and 30111](../../frameworks/iso29147/index.html) (3), [NIST CSF 2.0](../../frameworks/nistcsf/index.html) (2), [NIST AI RMF](../../frameworks/nistairmf/index.html) (2), [NIS2](../../frameworks/nis2/index.html) (1), [FIRST TLP 2.0](../../frameworks/tlp/index.html) (1), [OWASP Top 10s](../../frameworks/owasp/index.html) (1), [EU AI Act](../../frameworks/euaiact/index.html) (1), [ISO/IEC 42001](../../frameworks/iso42001/index.html) (1), [Cyber Resilience Act](../../frameworks/cra/index.html) (1)


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