Description
A flaw was found in Cockpit. Deleting a sosreport with a crafted name via the Cockpit web interface can lead to a command injection vulnerability, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue affects Cockpit versions 270 and newer.
References10
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3667
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3843
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2947
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271614
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3667
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3843
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2947
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271614
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]…
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.3
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 68 · as of 5 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-77
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