# CVE-2024-2947: Cockpit: command injection when deleting a sosreport with a crafted name

Status: published. Published: 2024-03-28. Updated: 2026-11-05.

A flaw was found in Cockpit. Deleting a sosreport with a crafted name via the Cockpit web interface can lead to a command injection vulnerability, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue affects Cockpit versions 270 and newer.

## Remediation

- workaround: Do not remove SOS reports with strange names from the Cockpit web interface. (source: CNA: redhat)

## Affected products and versions

-  /  (cockpit): ≥ 270; < * (affected, semver). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (cockpit): ≥ 0:310.4-1.el8_10; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (cockpit): ≥ 0:311.2-1.el9_4; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (cockpit): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (cockpit): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.3 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: redhat

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 1.18% as of 2026-11-04; percentile 67.83%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-77

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3667 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3843 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2947 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271614 (CNA: redhat; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3667 (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3843 (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2947 (ADP: CVE; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2271614 (ADP: CVE; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KNG7GXOZI6QH3OIQJYAYDB3CRRGH37Q5/ (ADP: CVE; x_transferred)

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N3Q5SDIFACAY4VHACN5MMCMT3A53A3FB/ (ADP: CVE; x_transferred)

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PIQY2HGDJW2JY27ALTS4GEVZZJJ4XQ36/ (ADP: CVE; x_transferred)

## Provenance

- CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2947; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-2947; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated Not reported

Revision: b23d61507b6e4ba6f67183b807bb82cdcd166c3bc296f56e36cda6e1508adb0e

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