CVE-2026-82449CWE-208

CVE-2026-82449

Medium · published August 29, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Cockpit CMS before 2.14.1 contains an account enumeration vulnerability in the auth check endpoint due to timing discrepancies in password verification. Attackers can measure response times across multiple requests to determine which accounts exist by observing that existing accounts trigger bcrypt verification while non-existent accounts return immediately.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00244 · 15.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-208 · Observable Timing Discrepancy
Published
2026-08-29T17:16Z
References (5)
https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit · [email protected]https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/blob/2.14.0/modules/App/Controller/Auth.php · [email protected]https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/5d65ae7b63a261a63e8809e5fba857ef3eadb2ac · [email protected]https://link.mateocallec.com/MFC-2026-001 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-before-2.14.1-account-enumeration-via-auth-timing · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 AUG 16:19Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 29 AUG 12:05Z
    Cockpit CMS before 2.14.1 Account Enumeration via Auth Timing
    cvelistv5