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CVE-2026-29203

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2026-05-08 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-61

References