CVE-2018-15540

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-10-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Agentejo Cockpit performs actions on files without appropriate validation and therefore allows an attacker to traverse the file system to unintended locations and/or access arbitrary files, aka /media/api Directory Traversal.

Affected products

cockpit-hq/cockpit: all versions

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/30
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/30

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