Source: cockpit-machines Version: 359-1 X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected] Severity: important Tags: security upstream
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for cockpit-machines. CVE-2026-113496[0]: | A flaw was found in cockpit-machines. When saving Virtual Network | Computing (VNC) console settings, the configured password is passed | directly as a command-line argument to an underlying system utility. | A local unprivileged attacker on a host that allows cross-user | process inspection could read the exposed password from the process | list while another user modifies settings. This credential | disclosure can allow unauthorized access to the guest virtual | machine's graphical console. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-113496 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113496 [1] https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxhg-j5jv-qgqm [2] https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-machines/commit/e0d400eb32ef806bfcdda701608f8dc222cec2ab Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
