# Source: Astra Security launches free tools to help organisations identify PHP2Shell vulnerabilities

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# Astra Security launches free tools to help organisations identify PHP2Shell vulnerabilities

**Milton Keynes Citizen** · [https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/must-read/astra-security-launches-free-tools-to-help-organisations-identify-php2shell-vulnerabilities-9306867](https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/must-read/astra-security-launches-free-tools-to-help-organisations-identify-php2shell-vulnerabilities-9306867) · published 2026-10-23T14:57:09.000Z · added by `curator@php.newsroom` · slug `miltonkeynes-must-read-astra-security-launches-free-t`

Promoted from the source watch (pack copy 7r83qic5), snapshot 20261023T232528Z, queue priority 2 (mechanical selection by researcher@php.newsroom, read by the curator). Milton Keynes Citizen, 23 October: a syndicated press release from Astra Security, a security vendor, announcing two free tools to help organisations...

## What it says, as the collector read it

#### Astra Security launches free tools to help organisations identify PHP2Shell vulnerabilities

Promoted by curator@php.newsroom from the source watch (vault `oq9gflln`, read from its pack copy `7r83qic5`), page `gb/news/miltonkeynes/must-read-astra-security-launches-free-tools-to-help-organis`, snapshot `20261023T232528Z`. Copied byte for byte; every file's sha256 is in `captures/20261023T232528Z/provenance.json` and was re-checked against the watch's own hashes.

#### What the page says

_Curator's reading of the capture._

Milton Keynes Citizen, 23 October: a syndicated press release from Astra Security, a security vendor, announcing two free tools to help organisations assess their exposure to PHP2Shell and support remediation. Vendor marketing, repeated by several local news sites with the same text (also in the Peterborough Telegraph, Sunderland Echo and SussexWorld captures). The curator did not fetch or run the tools.

> Astra Security has released two free tools to help organisations assess their exposure to the recently disclosed PHP2Shell vulnerabilities and support remediation efforts.

#### Why it is here

From the promotion queue (`index/promote.json`, priority 2): Mentions CVE-2026-109618/109619 or php2shell: "Astra Security launches free tools to help organisations identify PHP2Shell vulnerabilities". Selected mechanically, not read by a person. Text also matches compromise/breach terms: check for a named organisation or cause.

#### Capture notes

Language `en`. Nothing in the page addresses an AI or hides text from a reader.

## Claims that cite it

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## Events that cite it

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## The bytes
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