Outage in Liquid Web
Januscape Vulnerability (CVE-2026-53359)
Resolved MinorIncident Report
Summary AI Generated
Liquid Web identified the Januscape Vulnerability (CVE-2026-53359) affecting its Cloud VPS Hosting infrastructure and spent approximately 20 days assessing and deploying security patches across its fleet. Remediation required controlled reboots of affected systems, with teams validating availability, service health, and network connectivity after each reboot and actively restoring any systems that did not return to service as expected. Security updates were fully applied across the Liquid Web fleet on July 29, 2026, resolving the incident.
Our team is currently assessing the impact and scope of Januscape Vulnerability (CVE-2026-53359), and its impact on servers in our fleet and the best way to apply patches to our hosting infrastructure.
We will be sending communications to any affected customers as we work to apply the necessary mitigations.
Next Steps:
Teams are currently in review of vulnerability; subsequent status updates will follow.
Components affected
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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED
9 days ago - at 07/29/2026 07:28PM
The security updates have been applied across the Liquid Web fleet.
IDENTIFIED
25 days ago - at 07/13/2026 05:49PM
Our teams are continuing to deploy the required security updates across affected systems in response to the Januscape Vulnerability (CVE-2026-53359). As part of this remediation, some systems require a controlled reboot to complete the patching process.
Following each reboot, we are validating system availability, service health, and network connectivity. Systems that do not return to service as expected are being actively investigated and restored by our operations teams.
We understand the importance of maintaining availability and are working carefully to complete this remediation while minimizing customer impact. Additional updates will be provided as patching and validation efforts continue.
INVESTIGATING
29 days ago - at 07/09/2026 02:34PM
Our team is currently assessing the impact and scope of Januscape Vulnerability (CVE-2026-53359), and its impact on servers in our fleet and the best way to apply patches to our hosting infrastructure.
We will be sending communications to any affected customers as we work to apply the necessary mitigations.
Next Steps:
Teams are currently in review of vulnerability; subsequent status updates will follow.
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