CVE-2026-38991
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
Cockpit Vulnerable to Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | cockpit-hq/cockpit | <2.14.0 | 2.14.0 |
| COMPOSER | cockpit-hq/cockpit | < 2.14.0 | 2.14.0 |
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j2rx-4jg9-79mw
- https://felsec.com/posts/cockpit-cms-2.13.5-multi-vulns/
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/releases/tag/2.14.0
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-38991
- https://felsec.com/posts/cockpit-cms-2.13.5-multi-vulns
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit
CWEs
CWE-434
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.