cPanel and current patches
This thread spawned off from an internal cross-team discussion (well argument LOL) regarding the excess work that cPanel has caused us to have to monitor and verify.
As many people have noted, cPanel has been releasing updates at a rapid pace lately. Over the past month, I’ve spent a significant amount of time updating cPanel and the other operating systems I manage. At times, it has felt overwhelming.
Given how quickly these patches are being released, I know I’m not the only one feeling overwhelmed. Many of the smaller tech groups I work with have discussed this at length.
That said, it’s important to step back and look at the bigger picture.
Recently, there has been a surge in bugs. People using current tools are finding issues faster than teams like ours can address them.
Even with the high volume of patches, I’m actually relieved that the cPanel team is releasing them as soon as critical vulnerabilities are identified.
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve watched my SIEM shift from bright red to yellow and back again several times.
Our team manages several different operating systems, and patching for some of them appears to lag behind cPanel.
With that in mind, I want to thank the cPanel patch team for working hard to keep these critical issues addressed and up to date.
Love this or hate this, their patch frequence lately is saving some of us.