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Amazon says its MadPot honeypots logged an attempt to exploit the PHP2Shell flaws on October 17, 2026, four days before PHP released the fixes. Attacks have since grown into the millions.
PHP shipped 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 on October 21 to fix two flaws rated 9.2. PHP says updating is the only complete fix.
PHP ships fixes for two critical flaws rated 9.2 at 14:00 UTC on October 21. Only 8.2 to 8.5 get patches, and details leaked a day early.
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