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CVE-2024-6126

Cockpit: authenticated user can kill any process when enabling pam_env's user_readenv option

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 19th percentile. Fixed in 0:323.1-1.el9_5.

CVSS 3.13.2LowEPSS percentile19th0.3% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix0:323.1-1.el9_5Upgrade to this build

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed builds0:323.1-1.el9_5Stated by: CVE record
  • ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОСAffected: 7.3Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения cockpitAffected: до 195-12Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • ООО «НЦПР» МСВСфераAffected: 9.5Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxAffected: до 3.1Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

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What it is

From the CVE record

A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS19th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 19th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

7 events over 722 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
  3. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Scored 3.2 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
  • User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action

Scope

  • Scope ChangedThe exploit can affect other components (e.g. sandbox escape, host compromise from VM)

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
  • Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
  • Availability LowReduced performance or intermittent disruption of service

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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