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

By Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman · Wired · Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 14:26 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

The PHP Foundation has revealed two serious vulnerabilities that could impact millions of websites. Security experts warn that failure to quickly patch the flaws could have dire consequences.

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