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Two critical PHP flaws, one found with AI. Patch now.
Video coming soonPHP fixed two critical flaws on October 21 that let attackers take over web servers. OpenAI says one was found with its GPT-5.6 Sol model.
What happened
Both flaws score 9.2 on the CVSS severity scale. They allow remote code execution without a login. The fixed versions are PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35. PHP's advisory says updating is the only safe choice. OpenAI says security firm Calif found one flaw using GPT-5.6 Sol. Wiz found both flaws on its own.
Also today
- OpenAI's models are coming to Google Cloud. OpenAI said on October 21 its frontier models and Codex are coming to Google Cloud. Customers will buy them through Google Cloud Marketplace. General availability is planned in the coming weeks. Microsoft remains OpenAI's primary cloud partner.
- Anthropic previews Claude Duet. Anthropic opened a US waitlist for Claude Duet, a proactive agent app. It is for Pro and Max subscribers on iOS, Android and claude.ai. It asks before it sends messages, makes payments or deletes anything. Sixty Bytes is made with Claude.
- AI stocks had their worst day since July. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% on October 22, the AP reports. The Nasdaq fell 2.6%, and Nvidia dropped 4.4%. Lam Research fell 11.8% and CoreWeave 10.1%. The AP tied the slide to costly borrowing for data centers.
- Mistral and Nvidia team up on engineering AI. Mistral says its Large 4 model was trained on 3,800 Nvidia Grace Blackwell GPUs. The two plan open benchmarks for engineering and chip-design agents. Mistral says Large 4's weights are due at the end of October.
Read the transcript
Two critical PHP flaws can let attackers take over websites, and AI helped find one. They let attackers run code on web servers without logging in. PHP shipped fixes on October 21. Both flaws score 9.2 out of 10 for severity. OpenAI says security firm Calif found one using its GPT-5.6 Sol model. Wiz found both on its own. PHP says updating is the only safe choice. We think AI-found bugs just went mainstream. The patch window is now short. Also today: OpenAI says its models and Codex are coming to Google Cloud. General availability is planned in the coming weeks. And Anthropic opened a waitlist for Claude Duet, an agent that works ahead of you. It's for US Pro and Max users. That's your byte. Sources at sixtybytes.com.
Sources
- PHP — PHP 2026 news archive: security releases
- OpenAI — Patch the Planet: global response coordination as agents uncover critical vulnerabilities
- OpenAI — OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud
- Anthropic — Claude Duet
- AP via BNN Bloomberg — Sharp drops for AI stocks overwhelm markets worldwide as oil prices jump
- CNBC — Stock market today: live updates
- Mistral AI — Mistral and NVIDIA: AI for industrial engineering
Not financial advice.
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