CVE-2019-20492: cPanel

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

cPanel before 82.0.18 allows authentication bypass because of misparsing of the format of the password file (SEC-516).

Affected products

• cPanel cPanel: from 77.9999.110, before 78.0.43 (fixed in 78.0.43); from 81.9999.242, before 82.0.18 (fixed in 82.0.18); from 83.9999.115, before 84.0.10 (fixed in 84.0.10)

Published 2020-03-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.