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#7 The Hacker News general June 16, 2026 at 05:41 UTC

CISA Flags LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Flaw Exploited for Root Privilege Escalation

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

CISA added CVE-2026-54420 (CVSS 8.5) — a privilege escalation to root flaw in the LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin — to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, mandating remediation by June 18, 2026 for all FCEB agencies. The three-day remediation deadline signals confirmed active exploitation against internet-facing cPanel-hosted servers.

Read full article → https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/cisa-flags-lites…

Relevance score: 80.0/100

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