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CVE-2026-23695
medium
CVSS 5.4
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in cockpit-hq/cockpit (CVE-2026-23695)
Summary
cross-site scripting in cockpit-hq/cockpit (CVE-2026-23695). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2026-23695** has been found in cockpit-hq/cockpit.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "cockpit-hq/cockpit CVE-2026-23695" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-23695 (cockpit-hq/cockpit) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 5.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**Cross-site scripting (XSS)** (CWE-79) exists in cockpit-hq/cockpit.
📍 Affected scope
cockpit-hq/cockpit — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'cockpit-hq/cockpit' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'cockpit-hq/cockpit' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `cockpit-hq/cockpit` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
composer
cockpit-hq/cockpit
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Packagist
cockpit-hq/cockpit
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.14.0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23695
- package https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit
- web https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/72a83fcfe85ad8330e9ae834bc02fa517b5749e9
- web https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-stored-xss-via-set-field-display-template
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ch4j-vcf5-58x5