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CVE-2023-5839: Privilege Chaining in hestiacp/hestiacp

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-10-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-268

Description

Privilege Chaining in GitHub repository hestiacp/hestiacp prior to 1.8.9.

Affected products

• hestiacp Control Panel: before 1.8.9 — fixed in 1.8.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: hestiacp Control Panel 1.8.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/commit/acb766e1db53de70534524b3fbc2270689112630
• https://huntr.com/bounties/21125f12-64a0-42a3-b218-26b9945a5bc0
• https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/commit/acb766e1db53de70534524b3fbc2270689112630
• https://huntr.com/bounties/21125f12-64a0-42a3-b218-26b9945a5bc0

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