CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-12196
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.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"hestiacp","vendor":"hestiacp","versions":[{"lessThan":"8be23943c7e3231f66d226ca931c76f93be98412","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"git"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":8.3,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"H…
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-287","description":"CWE-287: Improper Authentication","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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Source references
2 source assertions{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/pull/5440"}
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{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://projectblack.io/blog/hestiacp-admin-takeover-rce/"}
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Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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