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The set of vulnerabilities is dubbed PHP2Shell and disclosure is scheduled for 14:00 UTC with attacks expected to follow soon after.

It is adviced to take offline every non-vital services until the patch has been installed (or the Docker image has been updated with a patched version of PHP)

Update: fix is out https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-21-5

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's just one thing after another. I already had to make sure every computer and VPS has the updated CA certificates earlier today. Now I just finished disabling all of my web servers. I hope Debian doesn't take forever getting the patch out.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

They took just a few hours to squeeze out a new ca-certificates. On the other hand the last time there was a huge kernel bug it took well over 24 hours I think…

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

A bad ca is update a file on every pc and application. A kernal bug is way more involved so it doesn't make a new problem later.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

They took a lot longer than that on some past vulnerabilities, some of them sat unpatched for weeks or months. But it depends on the severity. A remote exploit of severity 9 will probably get expedited.