cPanelSniper is a focused exploitation framework for CVE-2026-41940, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting cPanel & WHM. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain root-level WHM access by injecting CRLF sequences into the session file via the Authorization HTTP header — without any valid credentials.
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- CVSS Score: 10.0 (Critical)
- In-the-wild exploitation: Confirmed (April 2026)
- Affected installs: ~70 million domains running cPanel & WHM
- No dependencies: Pure Python stdlib — no pip, no requests, no external packages
For authorized penetration testing and bug bounty programs only.
GitHub - ynsmroztas/cPanelSniper: CVE-2026-41940 — cPanel & WHM Authentication Bypass via Session-File CRLF Injection
CVE-2026-41940 — cPanel & WHM Authentication Bypass via Session-File CRLF Injection - ynsmroztas/cPanelSniper