CVE-2026-111627

HestiaCP before 1.10.5 Protected Admin Bypass via Cron Job Creation

Published Oct 16, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
HestiaCP before 1.10.5 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows non-ROOT_USER administrators to perform write actions while impersonating the protected ROOT_USER account. Attackers can log in via the loginas parameter and POST to /add/cron/, because the read-only flag is never checked, causing crond to run their commands as the protected administrator's system account.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hestiacp
Hestiacp hestiacp
Vendors & Products Hestiacp
Hestiacp hestiacp
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description HestiaCP before 1.10.5 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows non-ROOT_USER administrators to perform write actions while impersonating the protected ROOT_USER account. Attackers can log in via the loginas parameter and POST to /add/cron/, because the read-only flag is never checked, causing crond to run their commands as the protected administrator's system account.
Title HestiaCP before 1.10.5 Protected Admin Bypass via Cron Job Creation
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 16, 2026, 7:32 PM
Reserved
Oct 16, 2026, 2:31 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 16, 2026, 6:17 PM
Modified
Oct 16, 2026, 8:17 PM