Drupal Announces Emergency Security Updates on 20 May — Reserve Time

Colleagues, a cybersecurity alert: Drupal will issue emergency core updates on 20 May (17:00–21:00 UTC).

- The Drupal Security Team warns exploits may surface hours or days after release.
- Affected supported branches: 11.3.x, 11.2.x, 10.6.x, 10.5.x — update to the latest patches in advance.
- I recommend reserving time during the release window to verify sites and apply emergency updates; for EOL branches (8, 9) manual patches are available but not guaranteed to fix issues.
- Drupal 7 is not affected; for Drupal 9/8, use versions 9.5.11 and 8.9.20.

Why this matters: delay increases the risk of mass exploitation.

What steps have you planned for your sites?
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