Weakness
Cockpit 2.13.5 and earlier is vulnerable to directory traversal via the Buckets component. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to write files to arbitrary locations within the uploads directory or overwrite assets with malicious versions.
References
- https://felsec.com/posts/cockpit-cms-2.13.5-multi-vulns/
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/releases/tag/2.14.0
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38993
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463843
- https://felsec.com/posts/cockpit-cms-2.13.5-multi-vulns/
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-38993.json
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