CVE-2026-12196 (GCVE-0-2026-12196)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-04 12:05 – Updated: 2026-07-04 12:05
VLAI
Title
HestiaCP Admin Takeover
Summary
HestiaCP panel cronjob feature is affected by a broken access control vulnerability. Low privilege users can modify the panel cronjob to execute scripts HestiaCP management scripts with passwordless sudo. This could result in the takeover of administrator users in the application and the underlying webserver.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/pull/5440 | patch |
| https://projectblack.io/blog/hestiacp-admin-takeo… | exploit |
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