Red Hat Cockpit Files link following

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Cockpit. It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Files. The manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-91202. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Red Hat Cockpit (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Files. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-91202. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/18/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Red Hat

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• Cockpit

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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