Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-125672

Cockpit: cockpit-storaged: tang keyserver address from an untrusted luks header clevis token reaches curl's argument vector as an option

publishedCWE-88

A flaw was found in cockpit-storaged. A Tang keyserver address read from a clevis token in a LUKS header is concatenated into curl's argument vector without a "--" separator. An address beginning with "-" is parsed by curl as an option instead of a hostname, allowing an attacker who can attach a crafted LUKS/clevis block device (for example, a local unprivileged user with an active console or desktop login session) to have an administratively-privileged Cockpit user unknowingly trigger curl option injection when editing the device's Tang keyserver settings. This can lead to arbitrary file read or write as the Cockpit session user.

Technical severity6.6 mediumCVSS 3.1 · CNA: redhat
Published2026-11-10Source updated 2026-11-10
Collected2026-11-101 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

Workaround

There is no complete mitigation available without a code fix. As a partial mitigation, administrators can restrict local interactive console or desktop login access on hosts running Cockpit's Storage module to trusted users only, and should carefully verify the Keyserver address shown in the "Edit Tang keyserver" dialog before clicking Save -- a value that does not resemble a well-formed hostname (for example, one starting with a hyphen) should not be accepted.

Source: CNA: redhat

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat
cockpit
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Range not reported
Other versions: affected
CNA: redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat
cockpit
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Range not reported
Other versions: unknown
CNA: redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat
cockpit
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Range not reported
Other versions: unknown
CNA: redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat
cockpit
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Range not reported
Other versions: affected
CNA: redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat
cockpit
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Range not reported
Other versions: affected
CNA: redhat

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
3.1 / 6.6
medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCNA: redhat

Exploit evidence

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

References

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