CVE-2024-6126

LOW 3.2

Cockpit: authenticated user can kill any process when enabling pam_env's user_readenv option

CVSS Score

3.2

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.

CWE	CWE-400
Published	Jul 3, 2024
Last Updated	Nov 21, 2025

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

All versions affected

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9325 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6126 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292897

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Paolo Perego (OpenSUSE) for reporting this issue.