OpenAI models helped find two critical PHP flaws affecting web servers

PHP released fixes on October 21st for two unauthenticated remote-code-execution flaws, after a two-month coordinated remediation effort.

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Why it matters

The flaws affect a widely deployed runtime, and the disclosure shows that AI-assisted discovery must be followed by validated findings, coordinated fixes and operator updates to reduce risk.

OpenAI (@OpenAI): OpenAI models helped researchers—operating as part of our Patch the Planet initiative—discover critical security flaws in PHP, an open-sourc — OpenAI models helped researchers—operating as part of our Patch the Planet…

OpenAI says its models helped researchers find two critical remote-code-execution flaws in PHP, vulnerabilities PHP maintainers patched on October 21st after a two-month coordinated effort with researchers, maintainers and security providers. The fixes address flaws that could let an unauthenticated attacker run code with the privileges of a PHP web worker.…

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