Some updates on affected services are posted here:
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incidents/2026-10-21_PHP_security_update/Community

Best,


*Johan Jönsson*Manager, Movement Communications
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>


On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 12:10 AM Johan Jönsson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hey everyone – due to a critical security advisory about the PHP language
> <https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-20-1> (which we depend on),
> many Wikimedia services are going to be affected. We are hoping to avoid
> downtime to the wikis, but some supporting tools and services are
> unfortunately going to be impacted. This is a complex operation on short
> notice and we are still figuring out the details. More information will
> come later this week.
>
> Best,
>
>
> *Johan Jönsson*Manager, Movement Communications
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
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