CVE-2026-82449

medium

Description

Cockpit CMS before 2.14.1 contains an account enumeration vulnerability in the auth check endpoint due to timing discrepancies in password verification. Attackers can measure response times across multiple requests to determine which accounts exist by observing that existing accounts trigger bcrypt verification while non-existent accounts return immediately.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-before-2.14.1-account-enumeration-via-auth-timing

https://link.mateocallec.com/MFC-2026-001

https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/5d65ae7b63a261a63e8809e5fba857ef3eadb2ac

https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/blob/2.14.0/modules/App/Controller/Auth.php

https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-29

Updated: 2026-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium