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Cockpit is vulnerable to directory traversal

  • Disclosed: 29.04.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

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.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package cockpit-hq/cockpit < 2.14.0 2.14.0

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Platform
Composer
Package
cockpit-hq/cockpit
Disclosed
29.04.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-p46p-7pmj-m34f - 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 directory traversal this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-38993 < 2.14.0 2.14.0
  3. Cockpit is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-38992 < 2.14.0 2.14.0
  4. Cockpit CMS has SQL Injection in MongoLite Aggregation Optimizer via toJsonExtractRaw()
    High · 7.7 CVE-2026-31891 < 2.13.5 2.13.5
  5. Cockpit Arbitrary File Upload
    High · 7.5 CVE-2025-1025 < 2.4.1 2.4.1
  6. Cockpit CMS contains an arbitrary file upload vulenrability
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2024-4825 < 2.7.0 2.7.0
  7. Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
    High · 8.3 CVE-2023-4433 <= 2.6.3 no fix
  8. Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
    High · 8.3 CVE-2023-4432 <= 2.6.3 no fix
  9. Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
    High · 8.1 CVE-2023-4395 <= 2.6.3 no fix
  10. Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
    High · 8.3 CVE-2023-4321 <= 2.6.2 no fix
  11. Cockpit PHP Remote File Inclusion vulnerability
    Critical · 9.9 CVE-2023-4195 < 2.6.3 2.6.3
  12. Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
    High · 8.3 CVE-2023-4196 < 2.6.3 2.6.3
  13. Cockpit CMS vulnerable to incorrect access control
    High · 7.5 CVE-2023-37649 < 2.6.0 2.6.0
  14. Cockpit CMS Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
    High · 8.8 CVE-2023-37650 < 2.6.0 2.6.0
  15. cockpit-hq/cockpit is vulnerable to unrestricted file uploads
    High · 8.8 CVE-2023-1313 < 2.4.1 2.4.1
  16. privilege chaining in cockpit-hq/cockpit
    High · 8.8 CVE-2023-0759 < 2.3.8 2.3.8
  17. Cockpit Content Platform vulnerable to 2FA bypass
    High · 8.8 CVE-2022-2818 < 2.2.2 2.2.2

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