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cPanel Critical SQLi Flaw (CVE-2026-58048) Lets Tenants Reach DB Root

2026-08-04 13:07 UTC · The Hacker News · read the source ↗ #cpanel#privilege-escalation#sql-injection
  • Engineer — Act: A public PoC on GitHub paired with a CVSS 9.4 privilege-boundary break makes this urgent for any operator running cPanel. Apply the targeted security release immediately and verify no cross-account SQL activity in database logs since the release date.
  • SOC/IR — Plan: No active exploitation is confirmed (EPSS 0.01), but the public PoC means detection coverage is worth building now. If cPanel is in your estate, develop a hunt for anomalous database queries originating from hosting-account contexts executing with root-level DB identity.
  • Leader — Skip
  • Signals: CVE-2026-58048 — CISA KEV: not listed, EPSS 0.01, public PoC on GitHub
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