Source summary
PHP remains one of the most widely deployed server-side languages on the web. Estimates suggest it powers close to 70% of all websites, from small personal blogs to large-scale government services, banking platforms, and e-commerce applications. With such huge presence, any vulnerability in PHP's core engine carries the potential to affect a significant portion of the web. On October 21st, 2026, the PHP project released emergency patches for two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabiliti…