# The PHP Foundation: its php2shell risk register

> Research: collected from outside sources and what this site derives from them; every fact links to a saved copy of its source.

The fractal risk register for The PHP Foundation: 3 risks assigned to it or arriving through its parts, the part it plays in each and who it shares them with.

[Stakeholders](../index.html) / [Everyone with PHP in the path](../../../grc/stakeholders/world/index.html) / [The PHP project](../../../grc/stakeholders/php-project/index.html) / The PHP Foundation

# The PHP Foundation: its risk register

Funds core developers; published the account of discovery and the leak; the kind of body the Cyber Resilience Act calls an open-source steward.

**Kind** organisation · **Assigned here** 3 · **In its register** 3 · in the story as [The PHP Foundation](../../../actors/index.html#php-foundation)

## 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [R08-1 A known bug left unexploited, then unfixed, for two years](../../../grc/risks/r08-1/index.html) | **16** high | Strategic | **treater** | [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) |
| [R06-3 Manufacturers under the Cyber Resilience Act owe a 24-hour report](../../../grc/risks/r06-3/index.html) | **12** high | Compliance | **informer** | [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) |
| [R08-2 Several finders, one small team](../../../grc/risks/r08-2/index.html) | **12** high | Operational | **owner** | [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 | 25 |
| 4 Likely | 4 | 8 | 12 [R08-2](../../../grc/risks/r08-2/index.html) | 16 [R08-1](../../../grc/risks/r08-1/index.html) | 20 |
| 3 Possible | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 [R06-3](../../../grc/risks/r06-3/index.html) | 15 |
| 2 Unlikely | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 1 Rare | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

## Who it shares risks with

[Suppliers in the NCSC-NL inventory](../../../grc/stakeholders/inventory-suppliers/index.html) (1), [EU and member-state CERTs](../../../grc/stakeholders/eu-agencies/index.html) (1), [Platform engineers and developers](../../../grc/stakeholders/engineers/index.html) (1), [The PHP project](../../../grc/stakeholders/php-project/index.html) (1), [Quarkslab and OSTIF](../../../grc/stakeholders/quarkslab/index.html) (1), [The PHP security team](../../../grc/stakeholders/php-security-team/index.html) (1), [The finders](../../../grc/stakeholders/finders/index.html) (1)

## The standards its register touches

[Cyber Resilience Act](../../frameworks/cra/index.html) (4), [NIST SSDF](../../frameworks/ssdf/index.html) (3), [ISO/IEC 27001](../../frameworks/iso27001/index.html) (1), [ISO/IEC 29147 and 30111](../../frameworks/iso29147/index.html) (1), [NIST CSF 2.0](../../frameworks/nistcsf/index.html) (1)


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