Description
It was found that cockpit before version 184 used glib's base64 decode functionality incorrectly resulting in a denial of service attack. An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted request with an invalid base64-encoded cookie which could cause the web service to crash.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0431
EPSS Percentile
88.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-909
Status
published
Products (3)
cockpit-project/cockpit
< 184
fedoraproject/fedora
redhat/virtualization
4.0
Published
Mar 26, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026