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schestowitz[TR2]Re: Official announcement from PHP foundationOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]> Today's PHP Security Release, and How We're Strengthening PHP SecurityOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]> https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/10/21/todays-php-security-release-and-how-were-strengthening-php-security/Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]> Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   Published on Oct 21, 2026Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   The PHP FoundationOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   News SecurityOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]> Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   Earlier today, the PHP project released PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36,Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   and 8.2.35. These releases fix two critical vulnerabilities that,Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   under the right conditions, allow an unauthenticated attacker toOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   execute code on servers running PHP.  ...Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   This post isn't about how to update. It's about how theseOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   vulnerabilities were found and fixed, what has changed in how PHPOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   security is handled over the past two years, and what we need fromOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   the organizations that depend on PHP to keep PHP's security workOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   going.Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]> Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   ...Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]> Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   In 2024, PHP underwent its first external security audit inOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   years. The PHP Foundation secured funding from the Sovereign TechOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   Agency to organize this audit through OSTIF, and it was carried outOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   by Quarkslab. While fixing one of the issues Quarkslab reported, aOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   PHP core developer contracted by the PHP Foundation found the firstOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   signs of the OOM problem behind CVE-2026-109618. In 2024, a potentialOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   exploit for the OOM problem was theorized, but no concrete vectorsOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   were found and other concrete issues with clear impact overshadowedOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   these concerns.Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]> Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   To fix the OOM problem, the PHP security team developed severalOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   competing approaches, but each came with its own trade-offs: backwardOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   compatibility breaks, new denial-of-service potential, or requiringOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   changes to many third-party extensions which seemed impossible toOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   coordinate. The PHP security team, operating on consensus, struggledOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   to choose between these and feared the repercussions of shipping theOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   wrong choice. Combined with the lack of a known path to remote codeOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   execution and the small team of core developers with the necessaryOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   deep knowledge of the engine occupied with many responsibilities,Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   this decision process caused work on a fix to stall and restartOct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]>   repeatedly over months. ...Oct 26 07:07
schestowitz[TR2]Sounds like the findings had nothing to do with LLMs.Oct 26 07:07
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