Peter Brady, Drupal developer and private AI consultant

Drupal security updates, in plain English

Week of 19 August 2026

Drupal publishes security updates on Wednesdays. This week there were 3, all for modules.

None for Drupal core, so nothing here applies to every site.

Each card says what the module does, what went wrong, who could do it, whether it applies to you, how urgent it is, and the one line to send to your developer. Worst rated first, and most used first within a rating.

New here? How Drupal security updates work explains who publishes these, why they matter and what the ratings mean. Earlier weeks and a search by module are on the main page.

Critical: 3 updates

Cyber Essentials expects a fix within 14 days. Do it this week.

Screenshot

Critical · 23 sites report using it · SA-CONTRIB-2026-102 · on drupal.org

This module adds a feature to capture images of web pages.

This project has been withdrawn because of a security problem its maintainer did not fix. The details of the problem are not published. It should be treated as unsafe to keep.

  • Who could do thisOnly someone with an administrator login.
  • Does it apply to youAny site using this module.
  • Has it been used in attacksNo sign of it.
  • How urgentThe Drupal security team has withdrawn this module because its maintainer did not fix a known problem. The only remedy is to remove or replace it.

Tell your developerRemove or replace Screenshot. There is no fixed version.

For developers: what the fix changed

The module has been withdrawn, so there is no fixed release to compare.

Gammu SMS Daemon

Critical · 21 sites report using it · SA-CONTRIB-2026-100 · on drupal.org

This module allows a website to send text messages.

The maintainer did not fix a security issue so this project has been withdrawn. There are no published details about the exact problem. It is unsafe to keep this code on your website.

  • Who could do thisOnly someone with an administrator login.
  • Does it apply to youAny site using this module.
  • Has it been used in attacksNo sign of it.
  • How urgentThe Drupal security team has withdrawn this module because its maintainer did not fix a known problem. The only remedy is to remove or replace it.

Tell your developerRemove or replace Gammu SMS Daemon. There is no fixed version.

For developers: what the fix changed

The module has been withdrawn, so there is no fixed release to compare.

Link content parser

Critical · 4 sites report using it · SA-CONTRIB-2026-101 · on drupal.org

This module reads and processes the content of web links.

This module has been withdrawn due to a security flaw that the maintainer left unfixed. Specific details about the issue are not published. You should treat this software as unsafe to keep on your website.

  • Who could do thisOnly someone with an administrator login.
  • Does it apply to youAny site using this module.
  • Has it been used in attacksNo sign of it.
  • How urgentThe Drupal security team has withdrawn this module because its maintainer did not fix a known problem. The only remedy is to remove or replace it.

Tell your developerRemove or replace Link content parser. There is no fixed version.

For developers: what the fix changed

The module has been withdrawn, so there is no fixed release to compare.

Not sure what your site is running?

Send me your Drupal site's address.

I'll tell you what I can see from outside, what the Drupal 10 end of life on 9 December means for it, and what it would cost to have me keep it patched. There's no charge for that and no obligation. peter@peterbrady.co.uk

Compiled 10 October 2026 as part of the archive back to January 2026, from the advisories published by the Drupal security team on drupal.org. The facts on each card are theirs. The plain English is mine, with help from a language model. In the archive the cards rated critical or above were read before publishing and the rest were checked by sampling. Install counts are today's, not the count on the day of the advisory.

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