Global Web Infrastructure Faces Severe Risk From Critical PHP Vulnerability

By Jess Weatherbed · The Verge · 2026-10-21

Global Web Infrastructure Faces Severe Risk From Critical PHP Vulnerability

According to reporting from The Verge, developers are racing to distribute emergency patches for two flaws in the PHP programming language that carry a near-maximum severity rating of 9.2. The vulnerabilities allow for remote code execution, prompting security experts to advise t

According to reporting from The Verge, developers are racing to distribute emergency patches for two flaws in the PHP programming language that carry a near-maximum severity rating of 9.2. The vulnerabilities allow for remote code execution, prompting security experts to advise t