CVE-2026-82449
Cockpit CMS before 2.14.1 Account Enumeration via Auth Timing
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Aug 29, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 24, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 29, 2026
Description
Cockpit CMS before 2.14.1 contains an account enumeration vulnerability in the auth check endpoint due to timing discrepancies in password verification. Attackers can measure response times across multiple requests to determine which accounts exist by observing that existing accounts trigger bcrypt verification while non-existent accounts return immediately.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.9 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
cockpitcockpit-hq |
|
References
- Patch Commitpatch
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpitproduct
- Vulnerable code: Auth.php (password_verify only on the match path)technical-description
- Reporter's write-up (MFC-2026-001)third-party-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Cockpit CMS before 2.14.1 Account Enumeration via Auth Timingthird-party-advisory
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