CVE-2026-12196
HestiaCP Admin Takeover
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.
INFO
Published Date :
July 4, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 4, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
ab69c47f-b95e-4bf2-b2d9-4b1fd1b24b4a
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-12196
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
that
are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
No affected product recoded yet
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | ab69c47f-b95e-4bf2-b2d9-4b1fd1b24b4a | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | ab69c47f-b95e-4bf2-b2d9-4b1fd1b24b4a |
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2026-12196.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/pull/5440 | |
| https://projectblack.io/blog/hestiacp-admin-takeover-rce/ |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2026-12196 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2026-12196
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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