Information Exposure Affecting cockpit-machines package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-COCKPITMACHINES-21315787
  • published21 Oct 2026
  • disclosed20 Oct 2026

Introduced: 20 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-113496  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-214  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 cockpit-machines.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in cockpit-machines. When saving Virtual Network Computing (VNC) console settings, the configured password is passed directly as a command-line argument to an underlying system utility. A local unprivileged attacker on a host that allows cross-user process inspection could read the exposed password from the process list while another user modifies settings. This credential disclosure can allow unauthorized access to the guest virtual machine's graphical console.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1