CVE-2026-12196

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS8.3

Exploit probability—

ProductHestiacp

PublishedJul 4, 2026

First seenJul 4, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-287Improper authentication

How to fix

Update

hestiacp hestiacp8be23943c7e3231f66d226ca931c76f93be98412 or later

Patches

github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/pull/5440

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
hestiacp hestiacp	v < 8be23943c7e3231f66d226ca931c76f93be98412	8be23943c7e3231f66d226ca931c76f93be98412

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