Cockpit 2.13.5 and earlier is affected by a misconfiguration within the Bucket component _isFileTypeAllowed function where a specially crafted filename bypasses an extension filter. This allows an authenticated attacker to rename arbitrary files with the .php file extension enabling arbitrary code to be executed on the underlying server.
History

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Cockpit-hq
Cockpit-hq cockpit
Vendors & Products Cockpit-hq
Cockpit-hq cockpit

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description Cockpit 2.13.5 and earlier is affected by a misconfiguration within the Bucket component _isFileTypeAllowed function where a specially crafted filename bypasses an extension filter. This allows an authenticated attacker to rename arbitrary files with the .php file extension enabling arbitrary code to be executed on the underlying server.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-29T14:32:05.253Z

Reserved: 2026-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-38991

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-29T16:16:23.797

Modified: 2026-04-29T16:16:23.797

Link: CVE-2026-38991

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-29T16:30:15Z