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CVE-2026-4800VulnerabilityPublished

Red Hat Security Advisory: cockpit-files security update

Affects Red Hat cockpit-filesSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

EPSS
2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 86% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Product Security Red HatAffected
  • Red Hat
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • noarch
  • cockpit-files-0:43-1.el9.noarch
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated cockpit-files packages that fix this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory and referenced article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.

Description

A security update for the cockpit-files component in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 addresses an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in lodash (CVE-2026-4800) caused by untrusted input in template imports. This vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. Red Hat has rated this update as Important and provides updated packages to remediate the issue.

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