Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5839

HighPublic PoC

Published: 29 October 2023

Published
29 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0003 8.5th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5839 is a high-severity Privilege Chaining (CWE-268) vulnerability in Hestiacp Control Panel. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 8.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Privilege Chaining in GitHub repository hestiacp/hestiacp prior to 1.8.9.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

The privilege chaining vulnerability in HestiaCP (CVE-2023-5839) enables exploitation for privilege escalation.

Affected Assets

hestiacp
control panel
≤ 1.8.9

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References