What is CVE-2016-10818?

CVE-2016-10818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-10818?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2016-10818

cPanel before 57.9999.54 incorrectly sets log-file permissions in dnsadmin-startup and spamd-startup (SEC-124).

Published 2019-08-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-275 — Permission Issues

References

documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/58+Change+Log (Product, Release Notes)
news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2016-0003-full-disclosure/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10818?: CVE-2016-10818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-10818?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.