What is CVE-2019-14400?

CVE-2019-14400 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cpanel. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2019-14400?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2019-14400

cPanel before 78.0.18 allows local users to escalate to root access because of userdata cache misparsing (SEC-479).

Published 2019-07-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/78+Change+Log (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14400?: CVE-2019-14400 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cpanel. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2019-14400?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.