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Stamos said: "They only released a patch for the latest family of PHP and there's a lot of PHP sites on older versions and so upgrading that breaks your site" (03:39). This is his account; the PHP project's own advisory lists fixed releases for four lines, 8.2 to 8.5 (claim 2816).

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03:39 "They only released a patch for the / latest family of PHP and there's a lot / of PHP sites on older versions and so / upgrading that breaks your site."

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The PHP Bug's Stunning Consequences + Cybersecurity's Black October — With Alex Stamos
Big Technology Podcast (Alex Kantrowitz) · 2026-10-23

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Stamos says attackers exploited PHP flaws before the fix; PHP urges updating now 26 Oct 2026

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