High severity · published Jul 13, 2026
CVE-2026-57856
Cockpit CMS Path Traversal via Bucket Name in Bucket File Storage API
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
Cockpit CMS · Cockpit HQ
before 2.14.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57856
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57856
gist.github.com
https://gist.github.com/sermikr0/821c4edd3c34e98a62a50b07707785bd
github.com
https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/dde2d1d74f5f4e11de42a298918ea8c9684f932c
github.com
https://github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-missing-authorization-in-bucket-file-storage-api
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-path-traversal-via-bucket-name-in-bucket-file-storage-api
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