CVE-2026-12196 HestiaCP Admin Takeover
Low-privilege users can exploit broken access control in the cronjob feature to execute scripts with sudo, leading to administrator takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-12196?
CVE-2026-12196 is a high-severity vulnerability in hestiacp, published on 4 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12196?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12196?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12196 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-12196 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-12196 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w5xj-cqgx-j5qj.