Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-38993
CVSS 3.1
8.1High
Official description
Cockpit 2.13.5 and earlier is vulnerable to directory traversal via the Buckets component. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to write files to arbitrary locations within the uploads directory or overwrite assets with malicious versions.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5Medium | 3.1 | CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| 8.1High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (redhat-SADP) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| No product information recorded. | |||
References and advisories
5- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/releases/tag/2.14.0
- https://felsec.com/posts/cockpit-cms-2.13.5-multi-vulns/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38993 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463843 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-38993.json x_sadp-csaf-vex
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Details
- Published
- 2026-04-29
- Last updated
- 2026-07-15
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- mitre
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
57.8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')