HestiaCP Admin Takeover

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-12196
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerPRJBLK
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-04 12:16:53 UTC
Updated2026-07-04 12:16:53 UTC
DescriptionHestiaCP 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 8.3 HIGH from ab69c47f-b95e-4bf2-b2d9-4b1fd1b24b4a

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Problem Types: CWE-287 | CWE-287 CWE-287: Improper Authentication

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0ab69c47f-b95e-4bf2-b2d9-4b1fd1b24b4aSecondary8.3HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS8.3HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Sub Conf.
High
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Hestiacp Hestiacp affected 8be23943c7e3231f66d226ca931c76f93be98412 git Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/pull/5440 ab69c47f-b95e-4bf2-b2d9-4b1fd1b24b4a github.com
projectblack.io/blog/hestiacp-admin-takeover-rce ab69c47f-b95e-4bf2-b2d9-4b1fd1b24b4a projectblack.io
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