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CISA gives feds 4 days to patch actively exploited cPanel plugin flaw

ID: 90035ec0-5db4-5ff6-bc6f-a9532d142fc9

STIX ID: report--90035ec0-5db4-5ff6-bc6f-a9532d142fc9

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2026-05-27

Date Updated: 2026-05-27

Author: Sergiu Gatlan

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A critical privilege-escalation flaw (CVE-2026-48172) in the LiteSpeed cPanel user plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary scripts as root; the bug (lsws.redisAble incorrect privilege handling) is being actively exploited, LiteSpeed released urgent updates, and CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to patch immediately while providing detection and mitigation guidance.

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