CVE-2026-76235
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2026-08-19 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
A memory leak flaw was found in cockpit-ws. The login page handler leaks a heap allocation on every unauthenticated request that carries a CockpitLang cookie, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to exhaust memory on the host and cause a denial of service.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (cockpit) | ELSA-2026-94485 | 2026-11-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (cockpit) | ELSA-2026-94533 | 2026-11-03 |
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