SCA: security update for cockpit-hq/cockpit (GHSA-p46p-7pmj-m34f)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441418

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2026-38993)

Solution

Update the cockpit-hq/cockpit library and its related packages to version 2.14.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p46p-7pmj-m34f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 441418

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/7/2026

Updated: 6/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.65

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-38993

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-38993

cwe: CWE-22