CVE-2026-29203

Published May 8, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Symlink Traversal Allowing Local Privilege Escalation in cPanel Nova
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Webpros
Webpros cpanel
Webpros cpanel (centos 6, Cloudlinux 6)
Webpros wp Squared
Vendors & Products Webpros
Webpros cpanel
Webpros cpanel (centos 6, Cloudlinux 6)
Webpros wp Squared
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Title Symlink Traversal Allowing Local Privilege Escalation in cPanel Nova
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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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.
Weaknesses CWE-61
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
hackerone
Published
Updated
May 15, 2026, 5:14 PM
Reserved
Mar 4, 2026, 3:00 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
May 8, 2026, 7:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 6:10 PM