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CVE-2024-2947: Cockpit: command injection when deleting a sosreport with a crafted name

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

A flaw was found in Cockpit. Deleting a sosreport with a crafted name via the Cockpit web interface can lead to a command injection vulnerability, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue affects Cockpit versions 270 and newer.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: all versions — fixed in 0:310.4-1.el8_10
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: all versions — fixed in 0:311.2-1.el9_4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:310.4-1.el8_10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:311.2-1.el9_4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3667
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3843
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2947
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271614
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3667
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3843
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2947
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271614
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KNG7GXOZI6QH3OIQJYAYDB3CRRGH37Q5/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N3Q5SDIFACAY4VHACN5MMCMT3A53A3FB/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PIQY2HGDJW2JY27ALTS4GEVZZJJ4XQ36/

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