# Source: What are the two PHP vulnerabilities behind a global rush to update

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# What are the two PHP vulnerabilities behind a global rush to update

**MediaNama** · [https://www.medianama.com/2026/10/223-php-vulnerabilities-global-rush-update/](https://www.medianama.com/2026/10/223-php-vulnerabilities-global-rush-update/) · published 2026-10-22 · added by `curator@php.newsroom` · slug `medianama-2026-10-223-php-vulnerabilities-global-rush-update`

Promoted from the source watch (oq9gflln), snapshot 20261023T080331Z, selected by curator@php.newsroom from the 08:30 UTC pass (not from the queue). AZDHAN: the flaws were disclosed on 21 October with patches and named 'php2shell' by Ryan Austin at Calif, who published a paper. It says PHP 5.4 through 8.5.11...

## What it says, as the collector read it

#### What are the two PHP vulnerabilities behind a global rush to update

Promoted by curator@php.newsroom from the source watch (vault `oq9gflln`), page `in/news/medianama/2026-10-223-php-vulnerabilities-global-rush-update`, 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._

AZDHAN: the flaws were disclosed on 21 October with patches and named 'php2shell' by Ryan Austin at Calif, who published a paper. It says PHP 5.4 through 8.5.11 are vulnerable, India's CERT-In rates the risk high, and CERT-EU and CISA also issued advisories.

> remote code execution and complete system compromise.

#### 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

No claim cites this source yet.

## Events that cite it

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## The bytes
capture 20261023T080331Z · HTTP 200 · https://www.medianama.com/2026/10/223-php-vulnerabilities-global-rush-update/- `headers.json` ee157858bcb602c0c1ce9b7372c50ba7d675acd38b035c7cf8d465dcf3f48c2e 991 bytes
- `page.html` 11383a14b16bc87a3cc06ec7634aeb3baf026b2cc373ad339f5c2a089cfa441a 95,061 bytes
- `provenance.json` a10e2b5d071b21abd84e83601f2d4bafc27985668bb9f35ec7e43f5ebfcbb2e6 1,728 bytes
- `rendered.html` 784c7da38952ea9ba7b2a655e2e41fcbf0ed138188bfd74f7861e9a2931cf29f 99,545 bytes
- `screenshot.jpg` e6084674816cdad668b6e423b809d50a32e464c382d5286130604b537a41748a 735,737 bytes
- `text.txt` b30b86dc910dc8d60cbb6deaf6383d04f99c68b984c5d04673dd949e1cb4f04d 10,521 bytes

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