CVE-2026-48172

Critical9.8Published on May 21, 2026

LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin before 2.4.5 allows privilege escalation (possibly to root), as exploited in the wild in May 2026. Detection is best done via a command line of grep -rE "cpanel_jsonapi_func=redisAble" /var/cpanel/logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs/ 2>/dev/null in Bash. If you get no output, you have not been hit with exploitation of the vulnerability. If there is output, we recommend you examine the IP addresses in the list, determine if they are valid IP addresses, and if not, block them. To determine damage done, examine the system logs for use by the detected IP addresses. The issue is related to mishandling of Redis enable/disable features. The recommended minimum version is 2.4.7.

Actively exploited

In the CISA exploited-vulnerabilities catalogue since May 26, 2026
US federal agencies must remediate it by May 29, 2026 (BOD 22-01)
Attacked on the day of disclosure
Used in ransomware campaigns

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Source: CISA KEV · Jul 7, 2026 Jun 8, 2026 May 26, 2026 May 21, 2026 May 21, 2026

CVSS score9.8 / 10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)CWE-266

Vendorslitespeedtech