CVE-2026-79920 (GCVE-0-2026-79920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-21 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-21 18:57
VLAI
Title
Ajenti: Privilege escalation to root via unauthenticated/unauthorized plugin install task
Summary
Ajenti is a Linux & BSD modular server admin panel. Prior to version 2.2.16, any authenticated user can call /api/core/tasks/start to enqueue InstallPlugin, UnInstallPlugin, or UpgradeAll from plugins/plugins/tasks.py without plugin-management authorization. InstallPlugin and UnInstallPlugin construct a pip package specification from unvalidated name and version fields, and the task worker invokes pip while running as root. A low-privileged user can therefore select or manipulate a package installed with root privileges and can install, remove, or upgrade plugins without administrative permission, resulting in root code execution and full host compromise. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.16.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-21 18:56 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ajenti ajenti Affected: < 2.2.16
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