OpenCVE

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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Hestiacp	Hestiacp

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/pull/5440
https://projectblack.io/blog/hestiacp-admin-takeover-rce/

History

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Hestiacp Hestiacp hestiacp
Vendors & Products		Hestiacp Hestiacp hestiacp

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		HestiaCP Admin Takeover
Weaknesses		CWE-287
References		https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/pull/5440 https://projectblack.io/blog/hestiacp-admin-takeover-rce/
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.3, 'vector': '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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: PRJBLK

Published: 2026-07-04T12:05:19.775Z

Updated: 2026-07-06T13:57:21.795Z

Reserved: 2026-06-14T07:01:19.115Z

Link: CVE-2026-12196

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-06T13:57:18.178Z

NVD

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Redhat

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