What is GHSA-3x6m-3grh-599c?

GHSA-3x6m-3grh-599c is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. A chmod call in the cPanel Nova plugin's Cpanel::Nova::Connector follows symlinks, allowing...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-3x6m-3grh-599c cover?

GHSA-3x6m-3grh-599c covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-29203. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-3x6m-3grh-599c?

GHSA-3x6m-3grh-599c has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-3x6m-3grh-599cHighCVSS 8.8

A chmod call in the cPanel Nova plugin's Cpanel::Nova::Connector follows symlinks, allowing...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 8, 2026

Last Modified

May 15, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-29203 →

📋 Description

A chmod call in the cPanel Nova plugin's Cpanel::Nova::Connector follows symlinks, allowing setting root permissions on arbitrary system files or directories. That can cause DoS or local privilege escalation when an authenticated cPanel user places a symlink at a user-controlled legacy Nova path under their home directory.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29203
https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/40311543760407-Security-CVE-2026-29203-cPanel-WHM-WP2-Security-Update-May-08-2026
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3x6m-3grh-599c