Security: CVE-2026-29205 – cPanel & WHM / WP2 Security Update – May 13, 2026
Through a combination of incorrect dropping of privileges and insufficient path filtering, it was possible to read arbitrary files via certain cpdavd endpoints. This affects cPanel & WHM versions 120 and higher.
CMD de actualización por defecto
sudo /scripts/upcp --force
Lo que esto significa bajo una licencia de SharedLicense
Your SharedLicense license itself is not affected — this is a vulnerability in cPanel software, not in licensing. Licenses continue to work during and after the update; there is no need to re-issue or re-activate anything. If you resell cPanel under your own brand, patch client servers too — unpatched installs put your reputation at risk, not your license.
Situation
Through a combination of incorrect dropping of privileges and insufficient path filtering, it was possible to read arbitrary files via certain cpdavd endpoints. This affects cPanel & WHM versions 120 and higher.
We would like to thank Shubham Shah, Adam Kues, and Patrik Grobshäuser from Assetnote for identifying and responsibly reporting this vulnerability to us.
Impact
We have released a new patch that expands upon the previous release from May 13th. We recommend updating your servers once more and confirming that you are on one of the following versions:
- 11.124.0.40 and higher
- 11.126.0.61 and higher
- 11.130.0.25 and higher
- 11.132.0.34 and higher
- 11.134.0.28 and higher
- 11.136.0.12 and higher
We have also pushed out a patch in the following WP Squared version:
- 11.136.1.15 and higher
Note: All further versions of cPanel are patched for this issue as well. Please see the latest changelogs for version information of each cPanel branch:
https://docs.cpanel.net/changelogs/
Call to Action
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Update the cPanel version on the server to one of the versions listed above. This can be done with the following:
# /scripts/upcp –force
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Once completed, verify the cPanel version with the following to ensure the update was successful.
# /usr/local/cpanel/cpanel -V
- If you are not able to update, then it is recommended that you block inbound traffic on ports 2079 and 2080 at the firewall until you are able to proceed with the upgrade.
Additional Information
Additional security incidents are resolved in this latest release as well. Please see the following for more information:
Preguntas frecuentes
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