PHP Vulnerability Responses by Company

Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning

Global cloud / infrastructure
Aliases / services
McGill University / マギル大学 / Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning / L’institution Royale pour l’avancement des sciences / RIAL
Official website
https://www.mcgill.ca/
Sources identifying the operating company

The university tax information explicitly identifies this legal name and McGill University as the same entity.

Each response applies only to its stated service scope. “Not listed” does not mean unpatched or unaffected.

Response status by service

PHP-based McGill University systems

Response status
October 22 notice reports remediation in progress
Response information checked
2026-10-28

Current re-audit: Official response verified · Research date: 2026-10-28

Campus IT and web services provided by Canada's McGill University.

IT reports implementing patches and protective measures, with possible interruptions or reduced functionality. No university system compromise had been identified at the time of the notice.

Scope: The notice was last updated October 22 at 16:36. Individual affected systems and completion for all systems are not listed.

What users should do

PHP server owners not yet contacted by IT Security should use the linked form and select “Vulnerability Report for a McGill Service”.

Official service URL

Source URLs

  1. PHP2Shell response and scopehttps://www.mcgill.ca/it/channels/news/mcgill-responding-global-php-security-vulnerability-375180Response evidence
Related official sources
  1. PHP2Shell response and scopeOfficial notice
  2. Operating entityOfficial information directory

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