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EasyApache4 v25.7 Maintenance and Security Release

February 26, 2025

cPanel, L.L.C. has released an update for EasyApache 4!  Take a look at some highlights below, and then join us on the cPanel Community Forums, Discord, or Reddit to talk about this update and much more. If you have additional questions, feel free to reach out on one of our social channels.

  • ea-tomcat101
    • EA-12722: Update ea-tomcat101 from v10.1.35 to v10.1.36
  • ea-ioncube14
    • ZC-12574: Add PHP84 support
  • ea-cpanel-tools
    • ZC-12574: Update manifest for ioncube 14’s PHP 8.4
  • ea-passenger-src
    • EA-12725: Update ea-passenger-src from v6.0.25 to v6.0.26
      • [CVE-2025-26803] The http parser (from Passenger 6.0.21-6.0.25) was susceptible to a denial of service attack when parsing a request with an invalid HTTP method.
  • ea-nodejs18
    • EA-12726: Update ea-nodejs18 from v18.20.6 to v18.20.7
  • ea-nginx
    • ZC-12573: Create setting to include or not include cloudflare.conf
  • ea-memcached16
    • EA-12728: Update ea-memcached16 from v1.6.36 to v1.6.37
  • ea-apache24-mod-passenger
    • EA-12725: ea-passenger-src was updated from v6.0.25 to v6.0.26
  • ea-nginx-passenger
    • EA-12725: ea-passenger-src was updated from v6.0.25 to v6.0.26

SUMMARY

cPanel, L.L.C. has updated packages for EasyApache 4 with an updated version of Passenger. This release addresses vulnerabilities related to CVE-2025-26803. We strongly encourage all Passenger users to update to version 6.0.26.

AFFECTED VERSIONS
All versions of Passenger through 6.0.25

SECURITY RATING
The National Vulnerability Database (NIST) has given the following severity ratings to these CVEs:

CVE-2025-26803 – MEDIUM
Passenger 6.0.26
Fixed vulnerability related to CVE-2025-26803

SOLUTION
cPanel, L.L.C. has released updated packages for EasyApache 4 25.7 on 2025 February 26, with Passenger version 6.0.26. Unless you have enabled automatic package updates in your cron, update your system with either your package manager or WHM’s Run System Update interface.

REFERENCES
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26803
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/releases

Information about all releases this year can be found in the 2025 EasyApache 4 Changelog.

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