CVE-2026-4631

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-04-07. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Elevated
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 14%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Cockpit's remote login feature passes user-supplied hostnames and usernames from the web interface to the SSH client without validation or sanitization. An attacker with network access to the Cockpit web service can craft a single HTTP request to the login endpoint that injects malicious SSH options or shell commands, achieving code execution on the Cockpit host without valid credentials. The injection occurs during the authentication flow before any credential verification takes place, meaning no login is required to exploit the vulnerability.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
60(Track)
EG Risk 60/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
14%
EPSS %ILE
96%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 7, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Jul 25, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7383
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7382
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7381
generic Patch Available

oss-security - CVE-2026-4631 [cockpit] Unauthenticated remote code execution due to SSH command-line argument injection

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/10/5
redhat Patch Available

2450246 – (CVE-2026-4631) CVE-2026-4631 cockpit: Cockpit: Unauthenticated remote code execution due to SSH command-line argument injection

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2450246
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4631
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7384

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-4631(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatcockpit-0:334.1-3.el10_02026-04-10redhat
redhatcockpit-0:344-2.el9_72026-04-10redhat
redhatcockpit-0:334.2-2.el9_62026-04-10redhat
redhatcockpit-0:344-3.el10_12026-04-10redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 28× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-07-28 15:37 UTCEPSS rescore
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  29. 2026-06-12 04:41 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-06-12 04:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-52572
    First seen May 21, 2026

    Cockpit 359 - RCE

    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2026/CVE-2026-4631.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2026

    Cockpit Web Console < 360 - Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-4631?
CVE-2026-4631 is a critical vulnerability published on April 7, 2026. Cockpit's remote login feature passes user-supplied hostnames and usernames from the web interface to the SSH client without validation or sanitization. An attacker with network access to the Cockpit web service can craft a single HTTP request to the login endpoint that injects malicious SSH…
When was CVE-2026-4631 disclosed?
CVE-2026-4631 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 7, 2026, with the most recent update on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-4631 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-4631 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 14% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 3.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-4631?
CVE-2026-4631 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-4631?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-4631, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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