CVE-2026-113495
MEDIUM 5A flaw was found in cockpit-machines. Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM) authentication tokens are passed as command-line arguments to background helper processes during image retrieval operations. A local, unprivileged attacker on a system permitting cross-user process inspection can view these arguments while the process is active. This flaw can lead to information disclosure, potentially allowing unauthorized access to RHSM resources within the token's validity period.
No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.
Exploitation likelihood
0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 5th percentile
Impact if exploited
5CVSS 3.1 · MEDIUM
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityNone
- AvailabilityNone
What an attacker needs
- ⚠Access: Requires local access to the host
- ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
- ⚠User interaction: A user must take an action (click / open a file)
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-214: Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References and research data (JSON)
Vendor product assessments
cockpit-machines as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
pkg:rpm/redhat/cockpit-machines
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Affected
cockpit-machines.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
pkg:rpm/redhat/cockpit-machines?arch=src
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Affected
cockpit-machines as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
pkg:rpm/redhat/cockpit-machines
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Affected
cockpit-machines.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
pkg:rpm/redhat/cockpit-machines?arch=src
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Affected
All CVSS metrics
- MEDIUM 5 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - MEDIUM 5 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
Advisories
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-113495.json Red Hat · CVE-2026-113495 · Updated 2026-10-21T15:00:16+00:00
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-104959 EUVD · EUVD-2026-104959
Technical & other
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-113495 CVE record · redhat · Updated 2026-10-21T15:00:21.404Z
NVD · CVE-2026-113495 · Updated 2026-10-20T15:03:59.857
Red Hat · CVE-2026-113495 · Updated 2026-10-21T15:00:16+00:00 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2556057 CVE record · redhat · Updated 2026-10-21T15:00:21.404Z
NVD · CVE-2026-113495 · Updated 2026-10-20T15:03:59.857
Red Hat · CVE-2026-113495 · Updated 2026-10-21T15:00:16+00:00 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113495 Red Hat · CVE-2026-113495 · Updated 2026-10-21T15:00:16+00:00
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113495 Red Hat · CVE-2026-113495 · Updated 2026-10-21T15:00:16+00:00