OpenAI model helps researchers uncover severe PHP flaws affecting most websites
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A security audit powered by GPT-5.6 Sol surfaced PHP2Shell, prompting OpenAI's 'Patch the Planet' push and an expedited fix Researchers have found severe security flaws in PHP, the open-source scripting language behind about 70% of the world’s websites. They found them with help from an OpenAI model. The vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed PHP2Shell, have been described as potentially among PHP’s most severe in over a decade. Some have compared the episode to Heartbleed. The flaws surfaced during an audit carried out in August 2026 by researchers at Calif, a security firm.
Source: Crypto Briefing
