PT-2026-35935 · Cockpit · Cockpit

Felsec · CVE-2026-38993 · Published 2026-04-29 · Updated 2026-04-29

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cockpit versions prior to 2.13.6

Description A directory traversal issue exists in the Buckets component. This allows authenticated attackers to write files to arbitrary locations within the uploads directory or overwrite existing assets with malicious versions. Directory traversal is a technique that allows an attacker to access files and directories that are stored outside the web root folder.

Recommendations Update to a version later than 2.13.5. Restrict access to the Buckets component to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-38993

GHSA-P46P-7PMJ-M34F

Affected Products

Cockpit

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/38xxx/CVE-2026-38993.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://felsec.com/posts/cockpit-cms-2.13.5-multi-vulns · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-38993 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-38993 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p46p-7pmj-m34f · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit · Note
• https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/releases/tag/2.14.0 · Note
• https://twitter.com/infoflowcloud/status/2049596197883597132 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2049594419074973998 · Twitter Post
• https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-38993.json · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2049626622072856883 · Twitter Post
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38993 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463843 · Note