{
  "id": 6400961,
  "title": "New cPanel Flaw Lets a Hosting Account With Mail Privileges Run Code as Root",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/new-cpanel-flaw-lets-a-hosting-account-with-mail-privileges-run-code",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-09T08:19:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/new-cpanel-flaw-lets-hosting-account.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "cPanel has patched a flaw that it says lets a single hosting account take control of an entire server. An authenticated account holder with mail-related privileges can create files of their choosing on the server through EmailTrack and, from there, run code as the root user. cPanel published the advisory on September 8 and says every supported version of cPanel and WHM is affected.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}