CVE-2026-26279 | Froxlor Admin-to-Root Privilege Escalation via Input Validation Bypass + OS Command Injection

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Froxlor is open source server administration software. Prior to 2.3.4, a typo in Froxlor's input validation code (== instead of =) completely disables email format checking for all settings fields declared as email type. This allows an authenticated admin to store arbitrary strings in the panel.adminmail setting. This value is later concatenated into a shell command executed as root by a cron job, where the pipe character | is explicitly whitelisted. The result is full root-level Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.4.

Published: 2026-03-03 Last update: 2026-03-05 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-26279 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.86%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2026-26279

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-26279

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-14 0.58% 0.86% +0.28%
2 2026-03-09 0.44% 0.58% +0.14%
3 2026-03-06 — 0.44% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-26279

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.3 6.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-26279

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-26279

GHSA-33mp-8p67-xj7c · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: composer — Froxlor has Admin-to-Root Privilege Escalation via Input Validation Bypass + OS Command Injection

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-26279

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
froxlor froxlor < 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:froxlor:froxlor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-26279

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