Command Injection Affecting cockpit-project/cockpit package, versions [327,356.1)[357,360)
Threat Intelligence
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- published16 Apr 2026
- disclosed7 Apr 2026
- creditFlorian Kohnhäuser
Introduced: 7 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-4631 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade cockpit-project/cockpit to version 356.1, 360 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via improper validation of user-supplied hostnames and usernames in the authentication process. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands on the host system by injecting malicious SSH options or shell commands through crafted HTTP requests to the login endpoint, without requiring valid credentials. This is only exploitable if the system is running with OpenSSH versions older than 9.6 or if the SSH configuration uses the %r token within a Match exec directive.