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CVE-2026-58048 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the database management functionality of cPanel & WHM, the hosting control panel developed by WebPros. An authenticated cPanel account holder with access to the MySQL/MariaDB database feature can execute arbitrary database commands with full administrative privileges, rather than being confined to the databases and grants tied to their own account. The CVE record carries a CVSS v4.0 base score of 9.4 (Critical).

Two weeks ago I sat in on a webinar where CyCognito’s founders walked through continuous AI pentesting. The framing stayed with me: the pentest itself has not changed, only who runs each part of it. AI has reached nearly every corner of cybersecurity, and pentesting is no exception. The promise is an agent that probes applications, uncovers flaws scanners miss, and delivers a report before a human tester has finished scoping the engagement.