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cPanel's Black Week: Three New Vulnerabilities Patched After Ransomware Attack on 44,000 Servers - Copahost
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cPanel's Black Week: Three New Vulnerabilities Patched After Ransomware Attack on 44,000 Servers - Copahost

Copahost·Gustavo Gallas·6 months ago
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If you run a server with cPanel or WHM, you need to read this carefully.

On May 8, 2026 — just ten days after the cPanel CVE-2026-41940 authentication bypass was used to compromise 44,000 web hosting servers and deploy ransomware — cPanel quietly released a second emergency security patch. This one covers three new vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-29201, CVE-2026-29202, and CVE-2026-29203.

Two of the three carry a CVSS score of 8.8. That puts them firmly in the High severity tier, one step below Critical.

This is the second Technical Security Release (TSR) in 10 days from cPanel .…

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