PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 out

(php.net)

110 points | by timvdalen 20 minutes ago

13 comments

  • janmo 0 minutes ago
    Still no release for Ubuntu... They are already half an hour late. Debian got the patch almost immediately...
  • imzadi 2 minutes ago
    FML. Can't get in to update our servers because of MFA and our director, who gets the codes, isn't in
  • andix 13 minutes ago
    Does anyone know the ETA on the official php:* docker images? I think they only released patched 8.6 RC containers for now.
    • jhogervorst 11 minutes ago
      The PR with the update is here: https://github.com/docker-library/php/pull/1694

      Looks like we need to be patient:

      > Why is this not merged yet?

      > I'm not a maintainer and can not merge this. Please wait until a maintainer has come around to look into this.

      > This is merged, but I cannot find the image?

      > After this PR has been merged, more steps are to be taken, including an upstream merge on docker-library/official-images and subsequent image builds. For a full description of the timeline, please refer to docker-library/faq#an-images-source-changed-in-git-now-what.

      • dmtroyer 2 minutes ago
        one of the more entertaining PRs I've seen
    • rocky_raccoon 11 minutes ago
      How about the Ondrej PPA repos for Ubuntu?
  • TekMol 6 minutes ago
    Why is the description of "RCE via OOM corruption" mentioning all these settings like memory_limit, post_max_size, max_input_nesting_level etc under "Mitigation" but not blocking multipart requests? Isn't that a solution?

    The description of the vurnurability "Several multipart parsing problems" makes it sound like it is?

  • EGreg 0 minutes ago
    For anyone who can't patch their PHP for some reason, here is a proxy that eliminates the threat for you -- it's open source, you can add it to your servers:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180987

    https://github.com/Qbix/proxy -- open source MIT licensed, I made github actions compile it as a Cosmopolitan binary so it can work across many operating systems (thanks Justine)

    It should work with all top servers (nginx, apache, caddy etc)

  • nairboon 10 minutes ago
    A bit too early for the announced coordinated release, no?
    • kps 0 minutes ago
      Two minutes before the announced 1400UTC? Or have I forgotten how to math?
    • cholmon 7 minutes ago
      Their earlier comment said

      > We reserve the right to release earlier should details of either vulnerability become public, or should evidence of active exploitation appear in the wild.

      https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-20-1

      • nairboon 2 minutes ago
        Good point, at least now Debian has shipped the patched packages.
  • dataflow 8 minutes ago
    Is PHP 7 essentially going to be dead and unusable for everyone then? Or will it get fixes?
    • Operyl 0 minutes ago
      There are backports already.
  • janmo 10 minutes ago
    apt-get update + apt-get upgrade fixes it on Debian, but not on Ubuntu for now
  • ramesh31 5 minutes ago
    PHP runs literally half the web. Half the web will not apply this patch in any reasonable amount of time (a huge portion will never). This is going to be absolutely catastrophic.
    • xyst 0 minutes ago
      So if I wanted to build a botnet, then it would be very easy ;).

      Infiltrate vulnerable PHP sites. Install backdoor(s). Secure root access. Patch PHP to lock out script kiddies. Let it sit dormant until you need to launch attack

  • calvinmorrison 1 minute ago
    debian package WHEN
  • joecool1029 7 minutes ago
    Gentoo has it updated.
  • baggy_trough 11 minutes ago
    They bundled the fixes with a regular bugfix release, looks like.
  • fsflover 12 minutes ago
    Earlier submission with more comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180873