importantSYS.SOURCE: IEEE Spectrum• 2026-11-04T11:52:17Z

PHP2Shell Vulnerability Exposes 40 Years of Technical Debt in Cybersecurity

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The PHP2Shell vulnerability exposed critical security flaws in legacy PHP code, highlighting 40 years of unresolved technical debt. AI tools are accelerating both the discovery of such vulnerabilities and the need to address long-neglected software issues.

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