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Patch nowPHP & Laravel

PHP 8.5.11, 8.4.26, 8.3.35 and 8.2.34 fix 11 security advisories

On September 24 PHP shipped security releases for every supported branch, including a fix for credentials leaking on HTTP redirects.

Karlen Trimino ·

Patch nowJS & TypeScript

Next.js 16.3.8 fixes seven vulnerabilities, with a critical fix still to come

On September 30 Next.js released 16.3.8 and 15.5.27. The high-severity fix is an SSRF in Image Optimization, and a critical fix was postponed.

Karlen Trimino ·

Patch nowJS & TypeScript

Two compromised GitHub Actions came back online with their malicious tags

actions-cool/issues-helper and actions-cool/maintain-one-comment became available again on September 16 with their malicious tags still in place.

Karlen Trimino ·

Patch nowPHP & Laravel

Laravel AI SDK and Laravel MCP 1.0.1 fix an SSRF and an open redirect

Laravel AI SDK 1.0.1 fixes a moderate SSRF, and Laravel MCP 1.0.1 and 0.9.6 fix a low-severity open redirect in the OAuth flow.

Karlen Trimino ·

PlanPHP & Laravel

PHP 8.6 reaches release candidate with stricter session defaults

There was no RC1: the first release candidate is RC2, shipped September 24. The feature list is frozen, and three session defaults change.

Karlen Trimino ·

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Search your workflows for actions-cool/issues-helper and actions-cool/maintain-one-comment, then pin every third-party action to a full commit SHA.

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This week · Issue #2 ·

PHP Patches 11 CVEs, Next.js Ships 16.3.8 and PHP 8.6 Reaches RC: What to Patch, Plan and Watch (October 2, 2026)

  • PHP 8.5.11, 8.4.26, 8.3.35 and 8.2.34 fix 11 CVEs (Sept 24)
  • Next.js 16.3.8 fixes 7 vulnerabilities, with a critical fix still to come
  • Two compromised GitHub Actions came back online with their malicious tags
  • Claude Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol both launch at $2/$10 per million tokens

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