A flaw was found in Cockpit. Deleting a sosreport with a crafted name via the Cockpit web interface can lead to a command injection vulnerability, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue affects Cockpit versions 270 and newer.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3843
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3667
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PIQY2HGDJW2JY27ALTS4GEVZZJJ4XQ36/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/N3Q5SDIFACAY4VHACN5MMCMT3A53A3FB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KNG7GXOZI6QH3OIQJYAYDB3CRRGH37Q5/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271614
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2947
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2024-03-28
Updated: 2026-04-15
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00095