Namecheap incident

Urgent Security Update for cPanel VPS/DS (CVE-2026-41940)

Major Ongoing View vendor source →
Started
May 01, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 2d 20h
Detected by Pingoru
May 01, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC

Affected components

HostingVPSDedicated Servers

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 01, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC

    Dear Customers, We would like to inform you that recently an exploit related to older versions of the cPanel was found: https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/40073787579671-Security-CVE-2026-41940-cPanel-WHM-WP2-Security-Update-04-28-2026 Due to this exploit, those User-Responsible servers that are not using the most recent cPanel version may be at risk of unauthorized access or system instability. To ensure your data remains secure, we … Continue reading Urgent Security Update for cPanel VPS/DS (CVE-2026-41940) → The post Urgent Security Update for cPanel VPS/DS (CVE-2026-41940) appeared first on Namecheap Status.

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