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Hackers Breach Government and Military Servers by Exploiting cPanel Vulnerability

📅 2 May 2026 at 16:15 UTC📰 Cyber Security NewsView original source ↗
Hackers Breach Government and Military Servers by Exploiting cPanel Vulnerability

A sophisticated adversarial campaign targeting South-East Asian government and military infrastructure, combining rapid exploitation of a critical cPanel authentication bypass with a custom zero-day exploit chain against an Indonesian defense-sector portal and ultimately pivoting to exfiltrate over 4GB of sensitive Chinese railway documents. The campaign’s initial access vector centered on CVE-2026-41940, a critical CVSS 9.8 […] The post Hackers Breach Government and Military Servers by Exploiting cPanel Vulnerability appeared first on Cyber Security News.

🤖 AI BriefingAuto-generated threat analysis
🔍Threat Overview

A sophisticated campaign exploited CVE-2026-41940 (CVSS 9.8) in cPanel authentication bypass and a custom zero-day exploit chain against an Indonesian defense-sector portal, resulting in the exfiltration of sensitive documents.

⚙️Technical Details
CVEs
CVE-2026-41940
Affected Systems
cPanelCpanel WhmCpanel Wp Squared
Attack Vectors
NETWORK
💥Impact Assessment
Severity: CRITICAL
🛡️Recommended Actions
1Apply the latest cPanel security patches
2Monitor login attempts for suspicious activity
3Implement additional authentication controls
📦Affected Products
Cpanel CpanelCpanel WhmCpanel Wp Squared
🔐NVD Verified DataVERIFIED
CVE-2026-41940CVSS 9.8CRITICAL
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-306
Affected Products (CPE)
Cpanel CpanelCpanel WhmCpanel Wp Squared

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