CVE-2023-4432

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cockpit versions prior to 2.6.4

Description The issue is related to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in the GitHub repository cockpit-hq/cockpit. This type of attack occurs when an application includes user input in its response without properly validating or encoding it, allowing an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the application.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.4, update to version 2.6.4 or later, which includes the patch for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting user input to minimize the risk of exploitation.