Cockpit: authenticated user can kill any process when enabling pam_env's user_readenv option (cockpit)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.27 % · percentile 20 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 3.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 3.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-47977
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-6126
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0855 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper Networks · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| cockpit | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:323.1-1.el9_5 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:323.1-1.el9_5 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |