INFCSA-2024:9325: Cockpit security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFCSA-2024:9325

Type: security

Release date: 2025-09-24 19:19:57 UTC

Information about package

Cockpit enables users to administer GNU/Linux servers using a web browser. It offers network configuration, log inspection, diagnostic reports, SELinux troubleshooting, interactive command-line sessions, and more.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2024-6126

    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.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
NIST — CVE-2024-6126
no information 3.2 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

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