"Password Protect Directories" Cpanel

I password protected /public_html/members with a password, ie somepw22, however, I was able to login with the password somepw. Moreover, I added any characters after somepw and it still works. Eeek. Also, if I set the password to somepw (this time without the 22 at the end) I can enter any extra characters at the end and it will still let me through.

This is so strange... never happened before, i had to enter the EXACT password to get through. No clue as to why this is happening.

EDIT: I tried experimenting with different password combinations to login and it's getting more bizarre :0
for example, I set the password to: howareyouxx

I was able to get through with this password: howareyoumm

 

 

 

 

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