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.

User cannot see networked printers and/or correct file directories

This is a known issue with older versions of 4Matrix (specifically Launcher.exe). If updates are run as an Admin user, it logs in using the same admin account that is specified in the 4Matrix Network Manager to install updates. As a quick fix, restarting 4Matrix should resolve this.

In order to resolve the issue properly we recommend installing the latest version of 4Matrix by re-installing the 4Matrix Network Manager, which in turn will generate the latest client msi.  Alternatively, you can download the msi only from the downloads page at https://www.4matrix.com/downloads - the link is the last paragraph on that page.

For more information on this process and to resolve general updates please refer to our article Client and Network Manager Update Help (4matrix.com). It shouldn't take longer than 20 minutes to update the Network Manager, depending on your internet speed, and the client can then be redeployed within minutes using Group Policy.