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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
WebPros cPanel unaffected
Version Status Constraints
11.136.0.0 affected < 11.136.0.9
11.134.0.0 affected < 11.134.0.25
11.132.0.0 affected < 11.132.0.31
11.130.0.0 affected < 11.130.0.22
11.126.0.0 affected < 11.126.0.58
11.124.0.0 affected < 11.124.0.37
11.118.0.0 affected < 11.118.0.66
11.110.0.0 affected < 11.110.0.116
11.110.0.0 affected < 11.110.0.117
11.102.0.0 affected < 11.102.0.41
11.94.0.0 affected < 11.94.0.30
11.86.0.0 affected < 11.86.0.43
WebPros cPanel (CentOS 6, CloudLinux 6) unaffected
Version Status Constraints
11.110.0.0 affected < 11.110.114
WebPros WP Squared unaffected
Version Status Constraints
11.136.1.0 affected < 11.136.1.10

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References
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https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/40311543760407-Security-CVE-2026-29203-cPanel-WHM-WP2-Security-Update-May-08-2026 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 08 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Symlink Traversal Allowing Local Privilege Escalation in cPanel Nova

Fri, 08 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Weaknesses CWE-61
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-08T19:22:12.991Z

Reserved: 2026-03-04T15:00:09.267Z

Link: CVE-2026-29203

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-08T19:20:00.014Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-08T19:16:30.147

Modified: 2026-05-08T20:16:30.013

Link: CVE-2026-29203

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-08T21:30:05Z

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