hestiacp Panel Cronjob improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in hestiacp. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Panel Cronjob. This manipulation causes improper authentication. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-12196. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in hestiacp (version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Panel Cronjob. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-12196 since 06/14/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Applying the patch 8be23943c7e3231f66d226ca931c76f93be98412 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 8be23943c7e3231f66d226ca931c76f93be98412

Timelineinfo

06/14/2026 CVE reserved
07/04/2026 +20 days Advisory disclosed
07/04/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/04/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-12196 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-12196
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-376327

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2026 14:45
Changes: 07/04/2026 14:45 (66)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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