{
  "id": 128211,
  "title": "New cPanel Critical Flaw Could Let Hosting Customers Run SQL as Database Root",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/new-cpanel-critical-flaw-could-let-hosting-customers-run-sql-as",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-04T10:36:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/new-cpanel-critical-flaw-could-let.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}