By AJ Vicens Oct 21 (Reuters) - Developers of the PHP programming language said a set of new updates fixing two previously identified critical vulnerabilities was now live, and acknowledged a delay in addressing a previously identified flaw.

Two serious flaws in software that powers a large share of the web leaked ahead of their fix. Now attacks have reportedly started.

Critical PHP flaws forced European government websites offline. Learn which PHP versions need patches and what IT teams should do.

Oct 21 (Reuters) - Several government, school and hospital websites in Europe were taken offline on Wednesday as organizations rushed to protect themselves from two critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language that powers a large share of the internet.

Two critical #vulnerabilities have been discovered in #PHP, a programming language widely used on websites.The National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) has issued an alert,

This is the kind of security issue that was found and prevented by AI, but is also a high risk because of AI.

Crucial vulnerabilities in the PHP language is so severe that global authorities have recommended websites temporarily go offline until it can be fixed.

PHP maintainers said Monday that they planned to release patches for two vulnerabilities, both with severity ratings of 9.2 out of a possible 10.