Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 4, 2026· Updated Jul 6, 2026
HestiaCP Admin Takeover
CVE-2026-12196
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
1Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/pull/5440mitrepatch
- projectblack.io/blog/hestiacp-admin-takeover-rce/mitreexploit
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