GoKawiilCritical PHP vulnerabilities force emergency patches across websites
Security researchers discovered serious vulnerabilities in the open source PHP programming language this week, prompting urgent warnings for website owners to patch immediately or take sites offline. TechCrunch's Equity podcast hosts discussed the incident, noting the flaws were found by human researchers rather than AI tools.
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The episode highlights how much of the internet's infrastructure relies on aging, under-maintained open source code, according to commentary from podcast host Sean O'Kane. Co-host Kirsten Korosec suggested that as AI tools make vulnerability discovery easier for both defenders and attackers, incidents affecting sensitive systems like banks could become more frequent and harder to contain.
- Newly found PHP vulnerabilities required emergency patching or site shutdowns.
- The flaws were discovered by human researchers, not AI systems.
- Commentators warn AI could accelerate discovery of similar internet infrastructure weaknesses in the future.
Source: techcrunch.com — Anthony Ha, 2026-10-24
Published there as: “Will AI expose the rickety infrastructure of the internet?”
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