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UNKNOWN CISA KEV

CVE-2026-48172

CVSS v3

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Unknown

EPSS Score

0.0 %

exploit probability

CISA KEV

Yes

known exploited

Exploitation

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SSVC status

Description

LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin before 2.4.5 allows privilege escalation (possibly to root), as exploited in the wild in May 2026. Detection is best done via a command line of grep -rE "cpanel_jsonapi_func=redisAble" /var/cpanel/logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/ 2>/dev/null in Bash. If you get no output, you have not been hit with exploitation of the vulnerability. If there is output, we recommend you examine the IP addresses in the list, determine if they are valid IP addresses, and if not, block t

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2026-05-26
Patch Due Date
2026-05-29
Ransomware Use
Unknown

Technical details

Published
2026-05-21

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-48172?

LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin before 2.4.5 allows privilege escalation (possibly to root), as exploited in the wild in May 2026. Detection is best done via a command line of grep -rE "cpanel_jsonapi_func=redisAble" /var/cpanel/logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/ 2>/dev/null in Bash. If you get no output, you have not been hit with exploitation of the vulnerability. If there is output, we recommend you examine the IP addresses in the list, determine if they are valid IP addresses, and if not, block t

Is CVE-2026-48172 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2026-48172 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2026-05-29.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-48172?

A CVSS score has not been assigned to CVE-2026-48172 yet.

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