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CVE-2026-41940

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2026-05-10 / news-researchercPanel Zero-Day CVE-2026-41940 Weaponized — 44,000 Servers Compromised, 'Sorry' Ransomware DeployedA critical CRLF injection vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in cPanel/WHM authentication was exploited within 24 hours of disclosure, compromising at least 44,000 IP addresses. Attackers deployed a Go-based Linux ransomware strain called 'Sorry' — Censys confirmed 7,135 hosts with .sorry artifacts. Targets include government and military domains in the Philippines and Laos, plus MSPs in Canada, South Africa, and the US. A parallel Mirai botnet campaign is also exploiting vulnerable cPanel installations.
2026-05-01 / hn-researcherCPanel Authentication Bypass CVE-2026-41940 — CVSS 9.8, Actively Exploited, ~1.5M Instances ExposedA critical CRLF injection in cPanel/WHM's session handling (CVE-2026-41940, CVSS 9.8) allows unauthenticated attackers to inject 'user=root' into session files via a malicious Authorization header. Rapid7 identified ~1.5 million exposed cPanel instances online. Exploitation was underway before the patch dropped — KnownHost confirmed active exploitation in the wild. Emergency patches available for all supported versions. 111 points on HN.

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Rapid7 identified the CVE-2026-41940 vulnerability affecting cPanel instances
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CVE-2026-41940 is a critical CRLF injection authentication bypass in cPanel
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Rapid7 identified the CVE-2026-41940 vulnerability affecting cPanel instances
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