{"id":"CVE-2026-111627","title":"HestiaCP before 1.10.5 Protected Admin Bypass via Cron Job Creation","summary":"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 a…","severity":"high","cvss":7.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-863"],"vendor":"hestiacp","product":"hestiacp","affected":["hestiacp < 1.10.5"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-16T19:31:01.638917Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"published":"2026-10-16","updated":"2026-10-16","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-16T19:32:00.506Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111627","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/security/advisories/GHSA-vp7q-fjv5-5vg8","label":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-vp7q-fjv5-5vg8)"},{"url":"https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/blob/1.10.4/web/add/cron/index.php#L11-L70"},{"url":"https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/blob/1.10.4/web/inc/policies.php#L3-L14"},{"url":"https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/commit/1af7e057cd5ad2ea945acba6c9932ea1a1802c24"},{"url":"https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/releases/tag/1.10.5","label":"hestiacp 1.10.5 Release Notes"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hestiacp-before-1.10.5-protected-admin-bypass-via-cron-job-creation","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: HestiaCP before 1.10.5 Protected Admin Bypass via Cron Job Creation"}],"tags":["cve.org","exploit-available"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-16T18:43:08.689Z","slug":"CVE-2026-111627","body":"## Overview\n\nHestiaCP 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `hestiacp < 1.10.5`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":52,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.6,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":223235,"id":"CVE-2026-111627","ts":1792180025602,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}