cockpit-project cockpit up to 363 PHP File include path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in cockpit-project cockpit up to 363. Impacted is the function include of the component PHP File Handler. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-58467. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in cockpit-project cockpit up to 363. Affected by this vulnerability is the function include of the component PHP File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Cockpit CMS before release 364 contains a path traversal and local file inclusion vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files or execute PHP files by including unvalidated PATH_INFO derived from REQUEST_URI in filesystem path construction without containment checks. Attackers can inject dot-dot sequences into the URL to traverse outside the designated spaces directory, and when the resolved path ends with a .php extension, the application passes it to include(), enabling local file inclusion on deployments using the PHP built-in server or certain non-default Nginx configurations.

The weakness was published by George Chen. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-58467 since 06/30/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 364 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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• Project Management Software

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• cockpit-project

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• cockpit

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• 363

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• Product: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/

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