Drupal has announced a "core security release" scheduled for later today, warning that threat actors might develop exploits within hours of the update disclosure.

Administrators are urged to reserve time for core updates on May 20 between 17:00 and 21:00 UTC. Website administrators running versions 8 or 9 are strongly recommended to upgrade to at least version 10.6.

The Drupal content management system (CMS) is very popular among large organizations as well as in the government, education, and healthcare sectors.

According to the public service announcement, the vulnerability affects Drupal core versions 8 and later, but the advisory clarifies that not all configurations are impacted. Security updates will be available for the following versions:

Drupal 11.3.x