CVE-2026-73680
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Cockpit CMS 2.14.0 and prior contains a command injection vulnerability in the FFmpeg integration that allows authenticated users with only the assets/upload permission to execute arbitrary commands by uploading a video file with a shell metacharacter-laden filename. The unsanitized filename is interpolated into a shell command executed via Process::fromShellCommandline() before the slugify() sanitizer runs, enabling injected shell metacharacters such as backticks, $(), and semicolons to escape the FFmpeg command context and execute as the web-server user.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cockpit HQ | Cockpit CMS | 0 <= 2.14.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
References
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit
- https://link.mateocallec.com/MFC-2026-002
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/28813596f57685f63d3a48f655e8e9bd2b535cab
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-authenticated-command-injection-via-ffmpeg-filename
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