Information Exposure Affecting cockpit-machines package, versions <357-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-COCKPITMACHINES-19923452
  • published19 Sept 2026
  • disclosed18 Sept 2026

Introduced: 18 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-92747  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-214  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 cockpit-machines to version 357-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cockpit-machines package and not the cockpit-machines package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in cockpit-machines. This vulnerability allows a local attacker with the ability to inspect running processes to expose sensitive guest virtual machine (VM) credentials, such as rootPassword and userPassword. This occurs when the install_machine.py script passes these credentials as a JSON command-line argument during VM creation or installation. The exposure is limited to the period when the installation workflow is active and depends on host process-visibility policies.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1