Upstream information

CVE-2026-91142 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in Cockpit. An authenticated local user with a large user identifier (UID) can cause unauthorized modification and disclosure of login records. On 32-bit systems, an integer overflow during session accounting allows the user's login process to read or overwrite the legacy log entries of other accounts.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 3.6 3.6
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low Low
Integrity Impact Low Low
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1282000 [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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 for SAP applications 16.0 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 cockpit Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 cockpit Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 cockpit Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Sep 22 11:47:31 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 28 14:15:09 2026