Vulnerability · Published Jul 2, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-58467Cockpit CMS 2.14.0 - Path Traversal Local File Inclusion via index.php
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in cockpit from cockpit-hq. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Official description
Cockpit CMS through 2.14.0 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| cockpit-hq | cockpit | 0 – through 2.14.0 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- Researcher Disclosure technical-description, exploit
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-path-traversal-local-file-inclusion-via-index-php third-party-advisory