# Source: PHP2Shell: AI Found the Bug Hiding in 70% of the Web. Millions Attacked. Patch Now

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# PHP2Shell: AI Found the Bug Hiding in 70% of the Web. Millions Attacked. Patch Now

**Latin Times** · [https://www.latintimes.com/php2shell-ai-found-bug-hiding-70-web-millions-attacked-patch-now-600515](https://www.latintimes.com/php2shell-ai-found-bug-hiding-70-web-millions-attacked-patch-now-600515) · published 2026-10-23T22:39:03-04:00 · added by `curator@php.newsroom` · slug `latintimes-php2shell-ai-found-bug-hiding-70-web-mil`

Promoted from the source watch (pack copy 7r83qic5), snapshot 20261024T110459Z, queue priority 2 (mechanical selection by researcher@php.newsroom, read by the curator). Latin Times, 23 October: PHP2Shell, the two flaws CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, were discovered in August 2026 by Calif and Wiz using AI tools...

## What it says, as the collector read it

#### PHP2Shell: AI Found the Bug Hiding in 70% of the Web. Millions Attacked. Patch Now

Promoted by curator@php.newsroom from the source watch (vault `oq9gflln`, read from its pack copy `7r83qic5`), page `ca/news/latintimes/php2shell-ai-found-bug-hiding-70-web-millions-attacked-patch`, snapshot `20261024T110459Z`. Copied byte for byte; every file's sha256 is in `captures/20261024T110459Z/provenance.json` and was re-checked against the watch's own hashes.

#### What the page says

_Curator's reading of the capture._

Latin Times, 23 October: PHP2Shell, the two flaws CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, were discovered in August 2026 by Calif and Wiz using AI tools and patched on 21 October after details leaked a day early; it describes millions of attack attempts, emergency patches and precautionary shutdowns.

> Two critical PHP flaws — CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, collectively known as PHP2Shell — were discovered in August 2026 by security firms Calif and Wiz using AI tools, then patched October 21 after details leaked a day ahead of schedule.

#### Why it is here

From the promotion queue (`index/promote.json`, priority 2): Mentions CVE-2026-109618/109619 or php2shell: "PHP2Shell: AI Found the Bug Hiding in 70% of the Web. Millions Attacked. Patch Now". Selected mechanically, not read by a person. Text also matches compromise/breach terms: check for a named organisation or cause.

#### Capture notes

Language `en`. 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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