Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privilege account on shared host
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DeliveryAccess CalDAV/CardDAV data store
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ExploitExploit incorrect permission assignment
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ExecutionRead other accounts' calendar/contact data
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ImpactExfiltrate cross-tenant PII
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration Permission assignment review
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an existing local, authenticated foothold on the affected host - specifically a low-privilege cPanel account on a multi-tenant/shared-hosting server running the CalDAV/CardDAV (CCS Calendar and Contacts) service (AV:L, PR:L). Exploitation is limited by the need for that prior account access and by the multi-account deployment model: on a single-tenant server there are no 'other accounts' to disclose. No user interaction is required (UI:N), and impact is confined to reading other accounts' calendar/contact data (confidentiality only; no integrity or availability effect). |
| Impact | The vendor CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N with SC:H, score 8.2) describes a local, low-complexity, low-privilege confidentiality-only flaw with a scope change to subsequent systems (other accounts' data). This is CVE-2026-68490 in cPanel's CalDAV/CardDAV (CCS / Calendar and Contacts Server) subsystem: CWE-732 incorrect permission assignment lets an already-authenticated local user read another account's calendar/contact data. Crucially, AV:L means this is NOT remotely exploitable over the network without a prior foothold - the 8.2 rating is elevated primarily by the SC:H scope/subsequent-system impact under CVSS 4.0 scoring, not by remote reachability. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC are present in the provided data, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. Real-world priority is moderate-to-high for multi-tenant shared-hosting operators (a local unprivileged/reseller-level account harvesting other tenants' PII is a meaningful tenant-isolation breach), but it is a cross-tenant information disclosure, not RCE or privilege escalation - VI:N/VA:N confirm no integrity or availability impact. My independent CVSS 3.1 assessment (~6.5) is lower than the 8.2 because 3.1's scope model weights this less aggressively than 4.0's subsequent-system metrics. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | On a shared-hosting server, an attacker who already controls one low-privilege cPanel account (e.g. a legitimately purchased or compromised hosting account) exploits the incorrect filesystem/permission assignment on the CalDAV/CardDAV data store to read the calendar and contact records belonging to other, unrelated accounts on the same server. Because the vector is local (AV:L, PR:L), the attacker needs a valid foothold on the box first; no public POC is referenced in the available data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 23, 2026
Incorrect permission assignment in the cPanel CalDAV/CardDAV service (CCS Calendar and Contacts) allows an authenticated low-privilege cPanel account on a multi-tenant or shared-hosting server to read calendar and contact data belonging to other hosting accounts. Exploitation requires an existing local foothold with a valid cPanel login on the same server (CVSS 4.0 AV:L/PR:L) and produces a confidentiality-only impact with a scope change, since the data exposed belongs to separate accounts rather than the attacker's own; integrity and availability are unaffected. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is a local permission-assignment defect rather than a remotely reachable flaw, so single-tenant deployments with only one account have no 'other accounts' to disclose and are effectively not exposed.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor fix for the CCS Calendar and Contacts service as documented in the cPanel support article https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/43502940099991, and update cPanel & WHM to the patched build the article identifies; because the provided intelligence does not specify an exact fixed version number, verify the target version directly against that advisory before upgrading. Where patching must be deferred, the most effective compensating control is to disable the CalDAV/CardDAV (CCS) service on hosts that do not require it, which removes the exposure entirely at the cost of losing calendar and contact synchronisation for all accounts on that server. Alternatively, restrict the service to trusted accounts or interfaces and review filesystem permissions on the CCS data directories so that each account's stored calendar and contact objects are readable only by the owning UID (mode 0600 files / 0700 directories owned by the account), accepting that manual permission remediation can be overwritten by subsequent cPanel updates unless the change is made durable. Finally, treat cPanel account credentials on shared hosts as a meaningful trust boundary: reducing the number of low-privilege accounts able to log in locally on any server running CCS directly shrinks the attack surface, since the flaw cannot be exercised without an existing authenticated local account.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability is rooted in CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) within cPanel's CCS Calendar and Contacts implementation, which exposes CalDAV and CardDAV endpoints for mailbox users. Because a shared-hosting cPanel server hosts many independent accounts as separate Unix users, the service's data files, directories, or sockets must be created with ownership and mode bits that are unreadable by other local UIDs; a misassignment here lets any other local account that can reach the same filesystem paths read stored calendar and contact objects. The supplier CVSS 4.0 vector (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N, base 8.2) and our independent CVSS 3.1 assessment (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N) agree on the essential shape of the issue: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, high confidentiality impact, and a scope change because the impacted data resides in other accounts' security context. CPE data was not supplied in the available feeds, so the precise affected cPanel & WHM build range must be confirmed against the vendor support article at https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/43502940099991.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
Local access with an existing low-privilege account (AV:L/PR:L/AC:L); reading other accounts' data crosses a trust boundary so S:C, C:H, with no integrity or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (hackerone).
CVSS VectorVendor: hackerone
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Incorrect permission assignment allows local users to obtain sensitive CalDAV/CardDAV information belonging to other accounts.
Executive ViewAI
A permission-assignment flaw in cPanel's CalDAV/CardDAV service (CCS Calendar and Contacts) allows any customer with a valid low-privilege hosting account on a shared or multi-tenant server to read the calendars and contacts of other customers hosted on that same server. Because the exposure crosses account boundaries, this is a customer-data confidentiality issue rather than a disruption to service, and it carries regulatory notification risk for hosting providers and any organization relying on shared cPanel infrastructure. Leadership should care most if the business operates multi-tenant shared hosting or places sensitive scheduling and contact data on shared cPanel platforms; single-tenant deployments have no other accounts to expose and are effectively unaffected.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: disable the cPanel CCS Calendar and Contacts (CalDAV/CardDAV) service where not business-required; restrict access to that service to trusted networks or administrative IP ranges; reduce reliance on multi-tenant shared cPanel hosting for sensitive calendar and contact data and migrate to single-tenant or dedicated servers, which are effectively not exposed; enforce strict least-privilege cPanel account provisioning and prompt revocation of stale accounts; and enable enhanced monitoring and alerting on CalDAV/CardDAV cross-account access attempts.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-85620
GHSA-3mfr-vp2j-wj65
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