Security Update – PHP Vulnerability

We are aware of the recent critical PHP security vulnerabilities highlighted by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on 21st October 2026.

We would like to reassure customers that our main platforms, 4Matrix Cloud and 4Matrix Fusion, do not use PHP and are therefore not directly affected by these vulnerabilities.

PHP is used within some of our supporting systems, including our customer support ticketing and billing systems. Our desktop application also communicates with our sales system for licence verification. These systems do not store customers' payment details or sensitive information as part of the licence verification process.

We have been in contact with our hosting provider, Krystal, who has confirmed that the necessary security fixes have been applied to address the reported vulnerabilities.

No action is required from our customers in relation to this advisory.

We take the security of our systems and customer information seriously and will continue to monitor security developments and work with our hosting provider to maintain appropriate protections.

4Matrix Network Manager does not show Firewall Exceptions

This may be related to incorrect or corrupt DLL files, but provided the correct exceptions are made, 4Matrix should work without any problems.

The exception rules to make are as follows:

SQL Server service

C:\Program Files (X86)\Microsoft Sql Server\Mssql10_50.Four\Mssql\Binn\Sqlservr.Exe

The part in red will depend on the version of SQL and instance (where Four refers to the name of the database)/

Mssql10_50 is 2008

Mssql12 is 2014

 

SQL Browser Service

C:\Program Files (X86)\Microsoft Sql Server\90\Shared\Sqlbrowser.Exe

 

The part in red will most likely be 90 unless using a very old version of sql server.