Government institutions directed to fix critical PHP security vulnerabilities

Lankadeepa, Newsfirst, Newsfirst (සිංහල) and Ada Derana report that the Ministry of Digital Economy circulated instructions to government institutions about security weaknesses in websites and applications built with PHP, a programming language.

Ada Derana reports that the flaws are critical, and Newswire likewise describes them as critical and says government bodies were told to act immediately. The reports do not specify the technical nature of the weaknesses or name affected sites.

Newsfirst (සිංහල) reports that the circular was also addressed to ministry secretaries and provincial councils; the available account ends after listing those recipients. The reports give no deadline or further implementation details.

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