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Active cPanel/WHM zero-day exploit prompts rapid patch after PoC release
security3 months ago

Active cPanel/WHM zero-day exploit prompts rapid patch after PoC release

A critical authentication-bypass vulnerability CVE-2026-41940 in cPanel/WHM and WP Squared is being actively exploited in the wild; recent technical details and a PoC show CRLF injection in login/session handling that can grant control without a password. cPanel issued a patch on April 28, while mitigations include restarting cpsrvd, blocking ports 2083/2087/2095/2096 if patching isn’t immediate, and using provided detection scripts to verify compromise.

Emergency patch seals critical cPanel/WHM auth-bypass flaw (CVE-2026-41940)
security3 months ago

Emergency patch seals critical cPanel/WHM auth-bypass flaw (CVE-2026-41940)

An authentication-bypass vulnerability in cPanel/WHM (CVE-2026-41940, severity 9.8) affects nearly all supported versions. An emergency patch has been released and admins must run /scripts/upcp --force to install patched builds (11.110.0.97, 11.118.0.63, 11.126.0.54, 11.132.0.29, 11.136.0.5, 11.134.0.20). Unsupported versions will not receive updates; upgrade to a supported version ASAP. If exploited, attackers could gain full control of hosting accounts and servers, enabling backdoors, data theft, spam or malware deployment. Namecheap temporarily blocked ports 2083/2087 to mitigate risk.

cPanel/WHM CVE-2026-41940: Preauth Session Flaw Enables Authentication Bypass
security3 months ago

cPanel/WHM CVE-2026-41940: Preauth Session Flaw Enables Authentication Bypass

Security researchers dissect CVE-2026-41940, a universal authentication bypass in cPanel & WHM caused by flawed session handling. The flaw can let attackers create preauth sessions and write plaintext credentials to on-disk session files when the encoding step is skipped (e.g., missing cookie ob-part), enabling exploitation via crafted login flows and Basic-auth headers. Patches exist across multiple release lines, and KnownHost reports in-the-wild activity; watchTowr Labs also releases a detection artifact generator for defenders.

cPanel Patch Fixes Critical Authentication Flaw Across Supported Versions
security3 months ago

cPanel Patch Fixes Critical Authentication Flaw Across Supported Versions

cPanel released security updates to fix a critical authentication vulnerability across all supported versions, listing patched builds (11.110.0.97, 11.118.0.63, 11.126.0.54, 11.132.0.29, 11.134.0.20, 11.136.0.5); Namecheap temporarily blocked cPanel/WHM ports 2083 and 2087 as a precaution, with patches rolling out and some servers already updated as of April 29, 2026.