# PHP vulnerabilities take websites offline across the internet

https://mins.news/en/item/110118

- The Verge, 2026-10-21 20:36 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015906/php2shell-vulnerability-october-2026

> Two critical flaws in PHP have caused major problems for websites, prompting some Dutch and Finnish government agencies to take theirs offline as a precaution. The NSA Cybersecurity account and the UK’s National Cyber Security Center advised organizations to disconnect systems if an immediate update was not possible. Researchers say AI has made the roughly 20-year-old bugs easier to exploit; PHP’s maintainers warn attackers could run code remotely without logging in.

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