CVE-2026-44962

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.99.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-05-29. the CNA's CVSS baseline 10.0; sources differ by 0.1.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:hackerone, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.9
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 9.9Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Plesk contains an XPath injection vulnerability in the APS Application Catalog search functionality, where user-supplied input is interpolated into XPath queries without proper sanitization. This allows an authenticated, low-privileged user to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the server, resulting in local privilege escalation.

CVSS v3
9.9
EG Score
9.9(medium)
EPSS
48.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 29, 2026

Last Modified

July 21, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44962(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 81× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 228 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-21 15:23 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 9.9
  4. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-16 10:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-16 01:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-14 18:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-14 14:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-12 01:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-11 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-11 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-08 22:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-08 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-02 23:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-02 20:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-02 12:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-02 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-02 04:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-01 20:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-01 16:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-01 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-01 08:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-01 01:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-30 08:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-06-30 03:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-29 23:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-06-29 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-29 13:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-29 03:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-06-28 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-06-28 19:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-06-28 16:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-28 10:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-06-28 06:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-28 03:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-06-27 23:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-06-27 19:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-06-27 15:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-06-27 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-06-27 08:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-06-27 04:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-27 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-06-26 20:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-06-26 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-06-26 02:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-06-25 22:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-06-25 18:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-06-25 14:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-06-25 10:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-06-25 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-06-25 02:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-06-24 22:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-06-24 15:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-06-18 22:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-06-18 10:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-06-18 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-06-17 22:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-06-17 19:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-06-17 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-06-17 11:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-06-17 07:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-06-17 03:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-06-16 23:41 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44962?
CVE-2026-44962 is a critical vulnerability published on May 29, 2026. Plesk contains an XPath injection vulnerability in the APS Application Catalog search functionality, where user-supplied input is interpolated into XPath queries without proper sanitization. This allows an authenticated, low-privileged user to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the…
When was CVE-2026-44962 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44962 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 29, 2026, with the most recent update on July 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44962 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44962 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 48.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44962?
CVE-2026-44962 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44962?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44962, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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