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CVE-2022-2818: Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in cockpit-hq/cockpit

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-08-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-212

Description

Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in GitHub repository cockpit-hq/cockpit prior to 2.2.2.

Affected products

• cockpit-hq/cockpit: before 2.2.2 — fixed in 2.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cockpit-hq/cockpit 2.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit/commit/4bee1b903ee20818f4a8ecb9d974b9536cc54cb4
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/ee27e5df-516b-4cf4-9f28-346d907b5491
• https://github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit/commit/4bee1b903ee20818f4a8ecb9d974b9536cc54cb4
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/ee27e5df-516b-4cf4-9f28-346d907b5491

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