New cPanel Critical Flaw Could Let Hosting Customers Run SQL as Database Root

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

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title: New cPanel Critical Flaw Could Let Hosting Customers Run SQL as Database Root
additional: 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
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