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Critical cPanel Flaw Could Let One Hosting Customer Take Root Control of a Whole Server
cPanel has released patches for a security flaw affecting domain parking and addon domain functionality in cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM), which could allow code execution as the root user.
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cPanel issued patches for a vulnerability in its domain parking and addon domain features that could enable code execution with root privileges. The flaw, identified as CVE‑2026‑65643, affects every supported version of cPanel and WebHost Manager. Exploiting the issue could allow a single hosting customer to gain root control over an entire server. The patches aim to remediate the risk across all affected installations.
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