5 comments

  • hayd 11 minutes ago
    Update: After posting this Amazon security released a bulletin to say we should see the updates _some time tomorrow_. https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-143-...

    Scant messaging throughout the day. I don't understand why AWS, seemingly, didn't have prior knowledge of this/have it ready very soon after the CVE announcement.

    • otterley 6 minutes ago
      > Scant messaging throughout the day. I don't understand why AWS, seemingly, didn't have prior knowledge of this/have it ready very soon after the CVE announcement.

      Posts elsewhere have suggested that the embargo was broken early. Even the PHP release team itself didn't have sufficient time to update their public Docker images before it was published.

  • otterley 12 minutes ago
    Patch releases are currently scheduled for tomorrow (October 22): https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-143-...
  • mikeweiss 24 minutes ago
    Amazon has a bad track record for delivering critical updates quickly. During the Copy Fail - CVE-2026-31431 event they were behind every major Linux distro in updating Bottlerocket OS
  • 80fj0348i 6 minutes ago
    Honest question: Does anyone actually use Amazon Linux in production? Everywhere I've every worked used a mainstream distro for cloud servers, like Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat or SUSE.
    • otterley 4 minutes ago
      I do. It works fine, particularly if you're using EKS- or ECS-optimized images.
  • hayd 54 minutes ago
    • Twirrim 28 minutes ago
      Where, exactly, does Amazon classify the PHP RCE as Important?

      I'm not sure anything says what your editorialised title, and comment link says.

      They were calling out that an NGINX CVE that was Important took 20 days. They're saying nothing about what classification Amazon has set on PHP,.

      > So, from the CVE publication to an available fixed package it took 20 days, not a month.

      They specifically call out that it's not the same as the Nginx case:

      > In contrast to the PHP's case, that CVE wasn't Critical, but only Important, that doesn't have the same urgency.