Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-29203

High

Published: 08 May 2026

Published
08 May 2026
Modified
08 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0004 12.9th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-29203 is a high-severity UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following (CWE-61) vulnerability in Cpanel (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 12.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NVD 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…

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legacy Nova path under their home directory.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)

Affected Products

Cpanel
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

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References