Vulnerability · Published Jul 4, 2026 · Assigned by PRJBLK
CVE-2026-12196HestiaCP Admin Takeover
High 8.3
In plain English
A high-severity improper authentication in hestiacp from hestiacp. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-287 · 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