Why This PHP Security Patch Deserves Your Attention Now
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Originally published at https://monstermegs.com/blog/php-security-patch/ Roughly 72 percent of every website with a known server side language still runs PHP, and a large share of those installs sit on a branch that stopped receiving patches months ago. On August 27, 2026, the PHP development team shipped 8.5.10 and 8.4.25, a PHP security patch that closes two tracked CVEs alongside a cluster of memory safety bugs in bundled libraries. For sites on a supported branch, this PHP security patch