cPanel CVE-2026-41940 Under Active Exploitation to Deploy Filemanager Backdoor

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Metadaten

  • Original (extern): Link oeffnen
  • Veroeffentlicht: 2026-05-11 17:54 UTC
  • Importiert: 2026-05-19 13:51 UTC
  • CVSS: 9.8
  • Quelle-ID: thn_global
  • uid_hash: 877965f9ea8898e7a98d62a78a81d7f76c83f69a73431f60efbbd141350c167c

Inhalt

A threat actor named Mr_Rot13 has been attributed to the exploitation of a recently disclosed critical cPanel flaw to deploy a backdoor codenamed Filemanager on compromised environments. The attack exploits CVE-2026-41940, a vulnerability impacting cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) that could result in an authentication bypass and allow remote attackers to gain elevated control of the control

Verknuepfte CVEs

CVE-ID Severity (Quelle) CVSS (Quelle) Severity (CVE.org) CVSS (CVE.org) EPSS EPSS-Pctl Veroeffentlicht (CVE.org)

CVE-2026-41940

CRITICAL

9.8

CRITICAL

9.8

0.98527

0.99921

2026-04-29

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