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Tap for timeline & updates- 1d agoEmergency patching for critical PHP security vulnerability.
We have been rolling out an emergency workaround to a critical security vulnerability (php2shell) released overnight, which impacts any servers running php (all versions) For more information lookup CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. The mitigation we are rolling out is only a temporary workaround until vendors release the security patches (expected later today), and it may impact file uploads. …
View incident details → - 4d agoWest Europe (Amsterdam)Network Maintenance – Nikhef Amsterdam
We are scheduling two maintenance windows to upgrade routers in Nikhef, Amsterdam. This will impact connectivity to several IXPs for the duration. Date: 2026-10-26 00:01 – 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Data Centre: Nikhef, Amsterdam Impact: Arelion, Cogent, ERA-IX Date: 2026-10-27 00:01 – 06:00 CET (UTC+1) Data Centre: Nikhef, Amsterdam Impact: AMS-IX, Frys-IX, Speed-IX, Access Network
View incident details → - 6d agoMaintenance on dedicated servers using Blacknight Shared firewalls
We will be upgrading the shared firewalls protecting your dedicated IP ranges. This is a direct replacement. During the upgrade, we will briefly disable the existing ports before enabling them on the new firewalls. A 10-minute maintenance window has been scheduled to allow ARP entries to expire, although we expect the work to be completed …
View incident details → - 57d agoMaintenance on Cloud3 beginning 27/08/2026 10:00
We will be performing emergency maintenance on our Cloud3 environment starting (27/08/2026 : 10:00 – 20:00). All cloud3 nodes will be rebooted during the window after migrating user VM’s to alternative nodes. No user impact is expected.
View incident details → - 91d agoControl Panel (cp.blacknighthosting.com) emergency maintenance
Control Panel (cp.blacknighthosting.com) is currently offline and engineers are working to restore service. Update 07:18am: Control Panel is back online.
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