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TI-2026-10488 Aliases CVE-2026-12196GHSA-w5xj-cqgx-j5qj

HestiaCP Admin Takeover

Priority HIGH 69CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00396 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

No affected products listed by the sources yet.

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12196
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w5xj-cqgx-j5qj

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

  • TI-2026-31737 HestiaCP 1.9.0-1.9.4 Deserialization RCE via Web Terminal CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
  • TI-2026-31738 HestiaCP 1.2.0-1.9.4 IP Spoofing via CF-Connecting-IP Header CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-74366 PATH hijacking in HestiaCP lets low-privileged users run code as root CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-75413 HestiaCP Protected Admin Bypass via Cron Job Creation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2023-05375 Privilege Chaining in hestiacp/hestiacp CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2022-02355 OS Command Injection in hestiacp/hestiacp CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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