Debian dsa-6474 : cockpit - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 341053

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6474 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6474-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 27, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : cockpit CVE ID : CVE-2026-4802 CVE-2026-76235

Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in Cockpit, a web console for Linux servers, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 337-1+deb13u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your cockpit packages.

For the detailed security status of cockpit please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/cockpit

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the cockpit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 341053

File Name: debian_DSA-6474.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/27/2026

Updated: 8/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.96

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4802

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cockpit-networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cockpit-packagekit, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cockpit-sosreport, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cockpit-storaged, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cockpit-ws, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cockpit

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4802, CVE-2026-76235

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