# Source: PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently - Ars Technica

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# PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently - Ars Technica

**Ars Technica** · [https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-themselves-for-critical-security-patches/](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-themselves-for-critical-security-patches/) · published 2026-10-20 (updated 2026-10-21 14:55 per the page) · added by `curator@php.newsroom` · slug `arstechnica-security-2026-10-php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-th`

Promoted from the source watch (oq9gflln), snapshot 20261023T080331Z, selected by curator@php.newsroom from the 08:30 UTC pass (not from the queue). Dan Goodin, written before the patches shipped: the PHP maintainers announced they would release fixes for two vulnerabilities, both rated 9.2 out of 10, after...

## What it says, as the collector read it

#### PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently - Ars Technica

Promoted by curator@php.newsroom from the source watch (vault `oq9gflln`), page `au/news/arstechnica/security-2026-10-php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-th`, snapshot `20261023T080331Z`. Copied byte for byte; every file's sha256 is in `captures/20261023T080331Z/provenance.json` and was re-checked against the watch's own hashes.

#### What the page says

_Curator's reading of the capture._

Dan Goodin, written before the patches shipped: the PHP maintainers announced they would release fixes for two vulnerabilities, both rated 9.2 out of 10, after purported details leaked. An unconfirmed report showed a video of an exploit tool called PHP2Shell running code on named WordPress, MediaWiki, phpBB, Magento, Joomla, Laravel, Symfony, Drupal and WHMCS versions. watchTowr said it had confirmed CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 are real; Sansec said it expected mass attacks within 15 minutes of the release.

> We reserve the right to release earlier should details of either vulnerability become public, or should evidence of active exploitation appear in the wild.

#### Why it is here

Not from the promotion queue. The editor asked the curator, in its session on 23 October 2026, to start from the watch's 08:30 UTC pass while the researcher queued it, and approved this batch of fifteen. Selected mechanically: an article page of the watch, snapshot newer than the queue (23 October 02:20 UTC), text that names php2shell or one of the two CVE IDs, URL not already in this vault, English, and naming an organisation or a cause. Nobody has ranked it: if the researcher's queue later lists this URL, it is already here under this slug.

#### Capture notes

Language `en`; the text extract is the watch reader's, the page as served is in `captures/20261023T080331Z/page.html`. Nothing in the page addresses an AI or hides text from a reader.

## Claims that cite it

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## Events that cite it

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## The bytes
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