NSA warns of critical PHP flaws; patches released after AI discovery

NSA warns of critical PHP flaws; patches released after AI discovery

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The U. S. National Security Agency warned on October 21 that two severe PHP vulnerabilities dating back to 2004 had been discovered with the assistance of artificial-intelligence tools, and that emergency patches had already been released.

The PHP Foundation had earlier scheduled and then issued emergency updates for all supported PHP versions, including,, and, to fix the remote code execution flaws identified as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. The patches were prepared after details of the flaws were leaked ahead of the planned public disclosure.

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The claim that the PHP development team planned to release emergency security updates on October 21, 2026 to fix two high-severity remote code execution vulnerabilities was partially confirmed.

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PHP armageddon: OpenAI, Google's Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet
PHP armageddon: OpenAI, Google's Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet

TechCrunch • 21 oct. 17h59

The U.S. National Security Agency warned of two severe PHP flaws dating back to 2004, for which patches have been released, and highlighted the role of AI tools in uncovering them.

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‘This Is Not a Drill’: Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Are Setting the Internet on Fire
‘This Is Not a Drill’: Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Are Setting the Internet on Fire

WIRED • 21 oct. 14h26

The PHP Foundation issued emergency updates for two critical flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, urging immediate patching to prevent widespread exploitation.

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PHP2Shell: Critical PHP vulnerabilities patched, update now!
PHP2Shell: Critical PHP vulnerabilities patched, update now!

Help Net Security • 21 oct. 13h51

The PHP development team has released emergency updates for PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 to address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, urging users to upgrade immediately.

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The Hacker News • 21 oct. 10h36

PHP will issue fixes for two high-severity flaws on October 21, and security researchers say disabling the session upload progress feature is not a sufficient mitigation.

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Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Leaked Ahead of Scheduled Security Patch
Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Leaked Ahead of Scheduled Security Patch

Infosecurity Magazine • 21 oct. 10h20

Two high-severity PHP flaws were disclosed a day before the planned release, prompting the PHP project and European cyber authorities to urge immediate remediation.

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PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently

Ars Technica • 21 oct. 02h12

The PHP development team announced emergency updates for two high-severity flaws, urging administrators to prepare for deployment within the next 12 hours.

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20 octobre 2026
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PHP warns admins of two critical flaws, emergency patches coming tomorrow
PHP warns admins of two critical flaws, emergency patches coming tomorrow

BleepingComputer • 20 oct. 20h56

The PHP development team will release emergency security updates on October 21 to fix two high-severity remote code execution vulnerabilities after details were leaked ahead of the planned disclosure.

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