PT-2026-95506
CVE-2026-91149
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Published
2026-09-18
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Updated
2026-11-05
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Cockpit (affected versions not specified)
Description
An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) by initiating and sustaining numerous simultaneous connections to the
cockpit-tls service. This action forces the service to create an unbounded number of detached threads, which exhausts system resources including memory and file descriptors, resulting in the degradation or complete unavailability of the service for legitimate users.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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