<![CDATA[Remember that xkcd?]]>Remember that xkcd? Well, today is doomsday. Patch your PHP instances NOW. This is not a drill. https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-21-5

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/61d1ecaf-460c-4a6a-b82b-044b449144ad/remember-that-xkcdRSS for NodeThu, 29 Oct 2026 03:15:01 GMTWed, 21 Oct 2026 17:11:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Remember that xkcd? on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:11:53 GMT]]>@natha
Wow.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/markus_quandt/statuses/117480483314447136https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/markus_quandt/statuses/117480483314447136Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:11:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember that xkcd? on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:05:51 GMT]]>@richardjh @natha LTS distros routinely backport this sort of thing for you. That's literally the point of running an LTS. 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phpc.social/users/Crell/statuses/117480223618773763https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phpc.social/users/Crell/statuses/117480223618773763Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:05:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember that xkcd? on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:03:53 GMT]]>@natha 8.1 went end of life in 2023 and had support until the start of the year. Sort of feels if they aren't updating for years that is on them.
That said, on my local Debian boxes where I have old versions installed, that it looks like fixes were back ported to older versions too.
https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

46% of sites running out of date code shows a problem with attitude rather than a programming language.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phpc.social/users/richardjh/statuses/117480215888371068https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phpc.social/users/richardjh/statuses/117480215888371068Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:03:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember that xkcd? on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:35:12 GMT]]>The next few days won’t be pretty. Brace yourself friends.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/natha/statuses/117480103130292384https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/natha/statuses/117480103130292384Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:35:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember that xkcd? on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:31:23 GMT]]>Also, even tho I am not pro at all, the company has released a skill that can help you in verifying if your website is at risk and needs to be updated ASAP. All you have to do is point your Codex at this GitHub repo: https://github.com/openai/php2shell-checker

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/natha/statuses/117480088092511590https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/natha/statuses/117480088092511590Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:31:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember that xkcd? on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:30:03 GMT]]>If you can’t update right away and your website is at risk, @cloudflare can temporarily help. Please note that this is a band-aid on a bleeding wound.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/natha/statuses/117480082883639643https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/natha/statuses/117480082883639643Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:30:03 GMT