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CVE-2023-0759: Privilege Chaining in cockpit-hq/cockpit

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-268

Description

Privilege Chaining in GitHub repository cockpit-hq/cockpit prior to 2.3.8.

Affected products

• cockpit-hq/cockpit: before 2.3.8 — fixed in 2.3.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cockpit-hq/cockpit 2.3.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit/commit/78d6ed3bf093ee11356ba66320c628c727068714
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/49e2cccc-bb56-4633-ba6a-b3803e251347
• https://github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit/commit/78d6ed3bf093ee11356ba66320c628c727068714
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/49e2cccc-bb56-4633-ba6a-b3803e251347

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