Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- In response to an escalating worldwide cybersecurity threat, the Digital Economy Ministry has ordered government institutions to take immediate, emergency action to secure critical vulnerabilities found in the widely used PHP software framework commonly used to develop websites and web applications, following an official statement issued by Sri Lanka CERT. In a formal circular, the Ministry warned that the vulnerabilities, tracked globally as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, pose a severe risk of unauthorised system access, data theft, and catastrophic operational disruption.Sri Lanka Travel

The directive mandates swift compliance across all ministries, Provincial Councils, independent commissions, government de...