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Security Advisory: DirectAdmin Privilege Escalation

This is a security release for AlmaLinux 9, CentOS 7. Update the product on every affected server to the patched release — there is no workaround, and unpatched servers remain exposed until updated.

High
DirectAdmin AlmaLinux 9 CentOS 7 Debian 12 Ubuntu 22.04

Affected Versions

1.660 and earlier

Patched Version

1.661

Default Update CMD

yum update -y

Fix Commands

CentOS 7 / AlmaLinux 9

da-setup da
/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/update.sh

Ubuntu 22.04 / Debian 12

da-setup da
/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/update.sh

What this means under a SharedLicense license

Your SharedLicense license itself is not affected — this is a change in AlmaLinux 9, CentOS 7 software, not in licensing. Update the product through its standard update channel. Licenses keep working through updates; nothing needs re-issuing or re-activating.

A privilege escalation flaw in DirectAdmin allowed a user to escalate privileges and gain access to other accounts on the same server.

References

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