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Critical cPanel and WHM Bug Exploited as a Zero-Day, PoC Now Available

Researchers say the flaw lets attackers log in without a password, and Rapid7 estimates about 1.5 million cPanel instances are exposed online.

Summary by BleepingComputer
The critical CVE-2026-41940 authentication bypass vulnerability in cPanel, WHM, and WP Squared is being actively exploited in the wild and has been leveraged in attempts since late February.

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The discovery of a vulnerability in the cPanel identified as CVE-2026-41940 ignited an urgent alert in the hosting and security community. The failure, classified as zero-day, is being actively explored since February and allows authentication bypasses, opening the way for unauthorized access to servers. Considering the wide adoption of cPanel and WHM in shared hosting environments and VPS, the potential impact is significant. System administrat…

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Malware Analysis, News and Indicators broke the news on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
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