CVE-2023-5839 Privilege Chaining in hestiacp/hestiacp
High 8.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5839 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2023-5839 is a high-severity vulnerability in hestiacp/hestiacp, published on 29 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5839 exists.
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-2023-5839/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5839/index.md)
Attackers can exploit privilege chaining to escalate privileges within the Hestia Control Panel environment.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-5839?
CVE-2023-5839 is a high-severity vulnerability in hestiacp/hestiacp, published on 29 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Privilege Chaining in GitHub repository hestiacp/hestiacp prior to 1.8.9.
Weakness: CWE-268
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5839?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hestiacp Control Panel.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5839?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5839 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-5839 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5839 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in hestiacp/hestiacp
- CVE-2022-2550 OS Command Injection in hestiacp/hestiacp
- CVE-2022-1509 Command Injection Vulnerability in hestiacp/hestiacp
- CVE-2022-2626 Incorrect Privilege Assignment 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-gg6v-f3wc-f9fg.