High 8.8Published Jul 13, 2026

CVE-2026-57856Cockpit CMS Path Traversal via Bucket Name in Bucket File Storage API

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:23 AM ET)

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Cockpit CMS contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Bucket file storage API (/system/buckets/api). The api() method in modules/System/Controller/Buckets.php sanitizes the bucket name with preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9-_\\.]/','', $bucket), which permits '..' and '../' sequences. The sanitized value is interpolated into a Flysystem path as uploads://buckets/{bucket}. Flysystem's WhitespacePathNormalizer resolves 'buckets/..' to the empty string (the uploads storage root) without raising PathTraversalDetected because the '..' has a preceding component to consume. An authenticated low-privileged user can send a crafted request with a '../' bucket name to list, upload, and delete files across all buckets, including those belonging to other users or roles

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Cockpit HQ Cockpit CMS cockpit_hq:cockpit_cms (from the name)	before 2.14.0	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit	product
https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/dde2d1d74f5f4e11de42a298918ea8c9684f932c	patch
https://gist.github.com/sermikr0/821c4edd3c34e98a62a50b07707785bd	technical-description
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-missing-authorization-in-bucket-file-storage-api	third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-path-traversal-via-bucket-name-in-bucket-file-storage-api	third-party-advisory

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