CVE-2026-76235

CVSS 7.5 (high) · published 2026-08-19

A memory leak flaw was found in cockpit-ws. The login page handler leaks a heap allocation on every unauthenticated request that carries a CockpitLang cookie, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to exhaust memory on the host and cause a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-401

Source: NVD CVE-2026-76235

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:94485
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:94533
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:96250
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98463
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98567
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-76235
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2519497

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