cPanel Patches Multiple Vulnerabilities: Privilege Escalation, Code Execution, and DoS Risks
**cPanel** has issued updates addressing three security vulnerabilities in **cPanel** and Web Host Manager (**WHM**). These flaws could be exploited by attackers to achieve privilege escalation, arbitrary code execution, and denial-of-service (DoS) conditions on affected systems. Users are strongly advised to apply the available patches immediately.

### Vulnerability Details
The identified vulnerabilities are:
* **CVE-2026-29201** (CVSS score: 4.3) - Insufficient input validation of the feature file name in the `feature::LOADFEATUREFILE` adminbin call. This could lead to arbitrary file read.
* **CVE-2026-29202** (CVSS score: 8.8) - Insufficient input validation of the `plugin` parameter in the `create_user API` call. This could result in arbitrary Perl code execution on behalf of the already authenticated account's system user.
* **CVE-2026-29203** (CVSS score: 8.8) - An unsafe symlink handling vulnerability that allows a user to modify access permissions of an arbitrary file using chmod, potentially leading to denial-of-service or privilege escalation.
### Affected Versions & Mitigation
The vulnerabilities have been addressed in the following **cPanel** and **WHM** versions:
* cPanel and WHM:
* 11.136.0.9 and higher
* 11.134.0.25 and higher
* 11.132.0.31 and higher
* 11.130.0.22 and higher
* 11.126.0.58 and higher
* 11.124.0.37 and higher
* 11.118.0.66 and higher
* 11.110.0.116 and higher
* 11.110.0.117 and higher
* 11.102.0.41 and higher
* 11.94.0.30 and higher
* 11.86.0.43 and higher
* WP Squared:
* 11.136.1.10 and higher
**cPanel** has also released version 110.0.114 as a direct update for customers using CentOS 6 or CloudLinux 6. Users are strongly encouraged to update to the latest available versions to ensure they are protected against these vulnerabilities.
### Prior Exploitation and Risk
While there is currently no evidence of active exploitation of these specific vulnerabilities, this disclosure follows the recent discovery of active exploitation of **CVE-2026-41940** as a zero-day vulnerability. This flaw was leveraged by threat actors to distribute **Mirai** botnet variants and the **Sorry** ransomware.
Given the potential impact and the recent history of **cPanel** vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild, prompt patching is critical.