Will the PHP Vulnerability Affecting 70 Percent of All Websites Impact Bitcoin and Altcoins? A Warning Has Been Issued

Blockchain security company SlowMist has issued a critical security alert concerning cryptocurrency exchanges, decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, and cryptocurrency wallet providers worldwide. Two serious vulnerabilities discovered in the widely used PHP programming language could allow attackers to remotely execute code on vulnerable servers. According to a statement by SlowMist, the company's MistEye threat intelligence system conducted a global scan of PHP-based infrastructures in the cryptocurrency sector following the discovery of vulnerabilities. Both vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, received a risk score of 9.2 out of 10 on the CVSS 4.0 system.