New cPanel Critical Flaw Could Let Hosting Customers Run SQL as Database Root
New cPanel Critical Flaw Could Let Hosting Customers Run SQL as Database Root
04 August 2026
cPanel has patched a flaw that let an authenticated hosting customer execute SQL in the database's root context, crossing the privilege boundary between a cPanel account and the server's administrative database identity. It shipped in a targeted security release that closes two other routes past account boundaries.
The database bug is tracked as CVE-2026-58048 (CVSS 4.0 score: 9.4) and affects