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CVE-2026-72557

Cockpit CMS Cockpit CMS - Unrestricted File Upload

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 11, 2026 at 11:11 AM UTC
Updated: October 24, 2026 at 03:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCockpit

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Cockpit CMS 2.6.0 allows authenticated users to upload files of any extension including PHP scripts via the asset upload endpoint. The allowed_uploads configuration defaults to wildcard (*) and uploaded files are stored in a web-accessible directory. An attacker with any authenticated account can upload a PHP webshell and execute arbitrary OS commands on the server.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cockpit· Cockpit CMS
90%
0 ≤ v ≤ 2.6.00

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: cverecord
https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHTuranSec
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-434

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