CVE-2022-2626 Incorrect Privilege Assignment in hestiacp/hestiacp
Critical 9.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2626 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-2626 is a critical vulnerability in hestiacp/hestiacp, published on 5 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2626 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: hestiacp/hestiacp. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2626/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2626/index.md)
Attackers can exploit incorrect privilege assignment in Hestia Control Panel to gain unauthorized elevated access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-2626?
CVE-2022-2626 is a critical vulnerability in hestiacp/hestiacp, published on 5 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitHub repository hestiacp/hestiacp prior to 1.6.6.
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2626?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hestiacp Control Panel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2626?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2626 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-2626 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2626 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in hestiacp/hestiacp
- CVE-2022-2550 OS Command Injection in hestiacp/hestiacp
- CVE-2022-1509 Command Injection Vulnerability in hestiacp/hestiacp
- CVE-2023-5839 Privilege Chaining in hestiacp/hestiacp
- CVE-2025-30007 HestiaCP < 1.9.5 Authenticated OS Command Injection via DNS Record Management
- CVE-2022-2636 Code Injection in hestiacp/hestiacp
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v9r4-jmp3-ch5f.