CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-72557
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-08-11
- Last modified
- 2026-10-24
- Assigner
- 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
- CVSS 3.1 (309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Description
An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Cockpit CMS 2.6.0 allows authenticated users to upload files of any extension including PHP scripts via the asset upload endpoint. The allowed_uploads configuration defaults to wildcard (*) and uploaded files are stored in a web-accessible directory. An attacker with any authenticated account can upload a PHP webshell and execute arbitrary OS commands on the server.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
References
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit github.com