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PHP Unveils Critical “Internet-Wide” Vulnerabilities: How Can Web3 Patch Its “Off-Chain Weaknesses”?

What Happened On October 21, the PHP project released emergency security updates to fix two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026–109618 and CVE-2026–109619, which could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE). Both were rated 9.

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  • SlowMist reports PHP released emergency fixes on October 21 for CVE-2026–109618 and CVE-2026–109619, both rated 9.2 CVSS v4.0 and enabling unauthenticated remote code execution.
  • Versions 5.4 through 8.5.11 are affected, with patches in 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35; Amazon observed exploitation attempts from October 17.
  • Of 1,488 crypto-related domains scanned by SlowMist's MistEye, 793 (about 53.3%) showed PHP fingerprints, which the article says does not imply compromise.

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