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CVE-2026-91151 json

Cockpit: cockpit: local privilege escalation via insecure symlink handling in public key addition helper

published 14h ago modified 14h ago also EUVD-2026-123794

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no EPSS score yet
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in Cockpit. A local authenticated user with control over a target account's home directory can exploit a privileged symlink dereference vulnerability in the `ssh-add-public-key.sh` helper. When this helper runs with elevated privileges, it can be tricked into following attacker-controlled symlinks within the `.ssh` or `authorized_keys` paths. This allows the attacker to arbitrarily change file ownership and modes, potentially leading to local privilege escalation and impacting the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the system.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-91151 updated cvss 7.3

cockpit: Cockpit: Local privilege escalation via insecure symlink handling in public key addition helper

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 cockpit, cockpit-ws, cockpit-bridge, cockpit-system, cockpit-machines-ovirt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 cockpit, cockpit-ws, cockpit-bridge, cockpit-system Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 cockpit, cockpit-ws, cockpit-pcp, cockpit-bridge, cockpit-system, cockpit-storaged, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 cockpit Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces devspaces/udi-rhel9, devspaces/udi-base-rhel9, devspaces/udi-base-rhel10
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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