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Critical

Cockpit PHP Remote File Inclusion vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 06.08.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

PHP Remote File Inclusion in GitHub repository cockpit-hq/cockpit prior to 2.6.3. Users may upload php files through the system file upload utility to obtain remote code execution.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package cockpit-hq/cockpit < 2.6.3 2.6.3

References

CVSS score 9.9/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-98
Platform
Composer
Package
cockpit-hq/cockpit
Disclosed
06.08.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-xcq3-7pf3-5jvc - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: cockpit-hq/cockpit

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (26) in the archive
Total entries
26
First → latest
08.2022 05.2026
Without a fix
9
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 3
  • High 13
  • Medium 9
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Cockpit Vulnerable to Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
    High · 8.8 CVE-2026-38991 < 2.14.0 2.14.0
  2. Cockpit is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-38992 < 2.14.0 2.14.0
  3. Cockpit CMS has SQL Injection in MongoLite Aggregation Optimizer via toJsonExtractRaw()
    High · 7.7 CVE-2026-31891 < 2.13.5 2.13.5
  4. Cockpit Arbitrary File Upload
    High · 7.5 CVE-2025-1025 < 2.4.1 2.4.1
  5. Cockpit CMS contains an arbitrary file upload vulenrability
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2024-4825 < 2.7.0 2.7.0
  6. Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
    High · 8.3 CVE-2023-4433 <= 2.6.3 no fix
  7. Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
    High · 8.3 CVE-2023-4432 <= 2.6.3 no fix
  8. Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
    High · 8.1 CVE-2023-4395 <= 2.6.3 no fix
  9. Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
    High · 8.3 CVE-2023-4321 <= 2.6.2 no fix
  10. Cockpit PHP Remote File Inclusion vulnerability this entry
    Critical · 9.9 CVE-2023-4195 < 2.6.3 2.6.3
  11. Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
    High · 8.3 CVE-2023-4196 < 2.6.3 2.6.3
  12. Cockpit CMS vulnerable to incorrect access control
    High · 7.5 CVE-2023-37649 < 2.6.0 2.6.0
  13. Cockpit CMS Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
    High · 8.8 CVE-2023-37650 < 2.6.0 2.6.0
  14. cockpit-hq/cockpit is vulnerable to unrestricted file uploads
    High · 8.8 CVE-2023-1313 < 2.4.1 2.4.1
  15. privilege chaining in cockpit-hq/cockpit
    High · 8.8 CVE-2023-0759 < 2.3.8 2.3.8
  16. Cockpit Content Platform vulnerable to 2FA bypass
    High · 8.8 CVE-2022-2818 < 2.2.2 2.2.2

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