Upstream information

CVE-2026-4802 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in Cockpit. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary command execution on the host by exploiting unsanitized user-controlled parameters within crafted links in the system logs user interface (UI). An attacker can inject shell metacharacters and command substitutions into these parameters, leading to the execution of arbitrary shell commands on the affected system. This could result in a complete system compromise.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 8 8.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction Required None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 8.7
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1265040 [NEW]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 cockpit Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon May 11 17:30:12 2026
CVE page last modified: Tue May 12 14:38:52 2026