NSA Says Patch PHP or Go Offline as AI-Found PHP2Shell Flaws Reach ~70% of the Web
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NSA Says Patch PHP or Go Offline as AI-Found PHP2Shell Flaws Reach ~70% of the Web

Oct 23, 2026
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/nsa-says-patch-or-go-offline-as-ai-found-php2shell-flaws-reach-70percent-of-the-web . NSA says patch PHP or go offline: AI-found PHP2Shell flaws let attackers take over servers running ~70% of websites. Here’s who’s exposed and how to fix it. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming . You can also check exclusive content about #php , #php2shell , #php-flaws , #patch-php , #nsa , #nsa-says-patch , #nsa-says-go-offline , #hackernoon-top-story , and more. This story was written by: @patching . Learn more about this writer by checking @patching's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . AI models from OpenAI and Google helped researchers find PHP2Shell, two critical PHP flaws that let attackers take over servers with no login. PHP runs about 70% of websites, so WordPress, Drupal and Magento sites on unpatched PHP are all exposed. The NSA says patch to 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 or 8.2.35 now, or take systems offline.

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