CVE-2024-6126
lowpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 20 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedcockpit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-bridge-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-bridge-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-bridge-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-bridge-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-doc-0:323.1-1.el9_5.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-packagekit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-pcp-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-pcp-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-pcp-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-pcp-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-storaged-0:323.1-1.el9_5.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-system-0:323.1-1.el9_5.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-ws-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-ws-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-ws-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Fixedcockpit-ws-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 - Workaroundcockpit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-bridge-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-bridge-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-bridge-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-bridge-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debuginfo-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-debugsource-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-doc-0:323.1-1.el9_5.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-packagekit-0:323.1-1.el9_5.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-pcp-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-pcp-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-pcp-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-pcp-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-storaged-0:323.1-1.el9_5.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-system-0:323.1-1.el9_5.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-ws-0:323.1-1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-ws-0:323.1-1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-ws-0:323.1-1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
- Workaroundcockpit-ws-0:323.1-1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)redhat_csaf
Disable pam_env's `user_readenv` option in PAM config.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (49)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHSA-2024:9325Red Hat Security Advisory: cockpit security update2024-11-12csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for cockpit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-3409Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-11-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen, vertrauliche Informationen preiszugeben und Daten zu manipulieren.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6126cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-6126cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292897cnnvd
- https://cockpit-project.org/blog/cockpit-320.htmlPatchcnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-6126/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cockpit-Web-Console-privilege-escalation-via-pam-env-44666cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6126enisa_euvd
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