What is CVE-2016-10796?

CVE-2016-10796 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2019-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-10796?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2016-10796

cPanel before 58.0.4 initially uses weak permissions for Apache HTTP Server log files (SEC-130).

Published 2019-08-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-275 — Permission Issues

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/58+Change+Log (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10796?: CVE-2016-10796 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2019-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-10796?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.