๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-68488

CRITICAL 9.9
CVSS Score
9.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition leading to insecure symlink following in Plesk causes local privilege escalation to root via arbitrary file/directory ownership takeover.

CWE CWE-367
Vendor webpros
Product plesk
Published Sep 10, 2026
Last Updated Sep 10, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Versions

WebPros / Plesk
0 โ‰ค 18.0.80.6 0 โ‰ค 18.0.79.10

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
support.plesk.com: https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/43248932867351-Vulnerability-in-Plesk-s-Backup-Manager-symlink-race-during-restore-allows-root-privilege-escalation