Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting cockpit-podman package, versions <0:46-1.module+el8.9.0+19098+6e7a5e3f


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-COCKPITPODMAN-6058875
  • published15 Nov 2023
  • disclosed2 Aug 2023

Introduced: 2 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-3978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 cockpit-podman to version 0:46-1.module+el8.9.0+19098+6e7a5e3f or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cockpit-podman package and not the cockpit-podman package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

CVSS Scores

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