CVE-2026-38993

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-22 Path Traversal

Publication date:

29/04/2026

Last modified:

29/04/2026

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://felsec.com/posts/cockpit-cms-2.13.5-multi-vulns/
https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/releases/tag/2.14.0
https://felsec.com/posts/cockpit-cms-2.13.5-multi-vulns/