CVE-2026-12196

HIGHPre-NVD 8.38.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 83% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated
8.3
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
8.3
EG Score
8.3(medium)
EPSS
16.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 4, 2026

Last Modified

July 6, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 4, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_pr.
generic

HestiaCP Admin Takeover & RCE

https://projectblack.io/blog/hestiacp-admin-takeover-rce/
github_pr

Fix if statement

Fix merged in hestiacp/hestiacp PR #5440 on 2026-06-23 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/pull/5440

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12196(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 16× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-07 07:23 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 07:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 20:13 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-06 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-06 09:00 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-06 09:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 21:47 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 21:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-05 10:37 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-05 10:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-04 23:27 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-04 23:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-04 12:17 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-04 12:16 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12196?
CVE-2026-12196 is a high vulnerability published on July 4, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-12196 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12196 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 4, 2026, with the most recent update on July 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12196 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12196 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 16.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12196?
CVE-2026-12196 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12196?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12196, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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