cockpit up to 2.3.7 privilege chaining

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in cockpit up to 2.3.7. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to privilege chaining. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-0759. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in cockpit up to 2.3.7. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege chaining vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-268. Two distinct privileges, roles, capabilities, or rights can be combined in a way that allows an entity to perform unsafe actions that would not be allowed without that combination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was shared 02/09/2023. The advisory is available at huntr.dev. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-0759 since 02/09/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.3.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 78d6ed3bf093ee11356ba66320c628c727068714 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-0662). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege chaining
CWE: CWE-268 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: cockpit 2.3.8
Patch: 78d6ed3bf093ee11356ba66320c628c727068714

Timelineinfo

02/09/2023 🔍
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07/05/2025 +877 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 78d6ed3bf093ee11356ba66320c628c727068714
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0759 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0759
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220474
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/09/2023 16:53
Updated: 07/05/2025 16:53
Changes: 02/09/2023 16:53 (39), 03/09/2023 08:45 (1), 07/05/2025 16:53 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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