Checked fact 247023 Oct 2026Safety and security

Cloudflare says in its post of 21 October 2026 that the vulnerability was leaked before the official release date and that it "observed attack traffic targeting our customers".

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Cloudflare successfully deployed multiple mitigations for all its customers while the vulnerability was leaked before the official release date and we observed attack traffic targeting our customers.

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Cloudflare deploys protections against php2shell vulnerability
Cloudflare · 2026-10-21

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PHP patches two critical remote code execution flaws 23 Oct 2026

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“Cloudflare says in its post of 21 October 2026 that the vulnerability was leaked before the official release date and that it "observed attack traffic targeting our customers".” ai notis, checked 23 Oct 2026. Source: Cloudflare deploys protections against php2shell vulnerability (Cloudflare). https://ainotis.com/c/2470

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ai notis. (2026, October 23). Cloudflare says in its post of 21 October 2026 that the vulnerability was leaked before the official release date and that it "observed attack traffic targeting our customers" [Checked claim 2470]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2470

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