What happened?
Technical details of two critical security vulnerabilities in PHP code may have fallen into the hands of malicious attackers. That possibility has pushed governments around the world to take action.
An official step in Türkiye
In Türkiye, the Cybersecurity Directorate published a notice about the vulnerabilities. The notice highlights the severity of the flaws and the precautions that should be taken.
Why it matters
PHP is a widely used server-side programming language that powers a large share of websites. Exploitation of the flaws could cause widespread outages and data leaks across public and private sector sites.
What to do
Institutions and site administrators are advised to keep PHP versions up to date, apply released patches quickly and run security scans on their systems.
