CVE-2026-38993

high

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.

References

https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-38993.json

https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/releases/tag/2.14.0

https://felsec.com/posts/cockpit-cms-2.13.5-multi-vulns/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463843

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38993

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-29

Updated: 2026-06-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00096