CVE-2026-4631

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

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, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 9.2%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

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
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
60
EG Risk 60/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
9.2%
EPSS %ILE
95th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
9.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-22). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

April 7, 2026

Last Modified

October 15, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Oct 22, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat, github.
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

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
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

Unauthenticated remote code execution due to SSH command-line argument injection · Advisory · cockpit-project/cockpit · GitHub

https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/security/advisories/GHSA-m4gv-x78h-3427
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

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
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

CVE-2026-4631 - Red Hat Customer Portal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 before release 9.6, were not affected by this flaw.

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4631
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7384
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7383
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7382
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7381
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2026:21388
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2026:21387

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatcockpit-0:356.1-1.el9_82026-05-27redhat
redhatcockpit-0:356.1-1.el10_22026-05-27redhat
redhatcockpit-0:334.1-3.el10_02026-04-10redhat
redhatcockpit-0:334.2-2.el9_62026-04-10redhat
redhatcockpit-0:344-2.el9_72026-04-10redhat
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.

Affected Packages

(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
cockpit337-1
  • every version up to 337-1+deb13u1: fixed in 337-1+deb13u1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
cockpit337-1 ... 360-1~bpo13+1 (28 versions)
  • every version up to 360-1: fixed in 360-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 31× in last 7d / 71× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 335 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 235 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-23 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  2. 2026-10-23 13:17 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-23 13:17 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-23 13:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-10-22 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  6. 2026-10-22 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-22 14:38 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-22 14:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-10-21 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  10. 2026-10-21 15:32 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-21 15:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-10-20 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-20 16:58 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-20 16:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  15. 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  16. 2026-10-19 18:24 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-19 18:24 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-19 18:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-10-19 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  20. 2026-10-18 19:50 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-18 19:50 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-18 19:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  23. 2026-10-18 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  24. 2026-10-18 03:37 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-10-17 21:17 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-17 21:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-10-17 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  4. 2026-10-16 22:44 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-16 22:44 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-16 22:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  7. 2026-10-16 16:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  8. 2026-10-15 19:28 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-15 19:28 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-15 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  11. 2026-10-15 19:05 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-15 19:05 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-15 19:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  14. 2026-10-15 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  15. 2026-10-15 14:36 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-15 14:36 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-15 14:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  18. 2026-10-14 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  19. 2026-10-14 09:11 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-14 09:11 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-14 09:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  22. 2026-10-13 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  23. 2026-10-13 06:16 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-13 06:16 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-13 06:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  26. 2026-10-12 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 9.2% · 95th percentile
  27. 2026-10-12 16:03 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-12 07:41 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-12 07:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  30. 2026-10-11 19:45 UTCEG score recompute
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  74. 2026-08-16 11:39 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-16 11:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-rq49-h582-83m7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8

Publicly available exploits

(3 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Exploit-DB entry, 1 GitHub PoC), as is 1 Nuclei detection template. A detection template checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-52572
    Published May 21, 2026

    Cockpit 359 - RCE

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCcyberheartmi9/CVE-2026-4631-cockpit-RCE
    Published Apr 18, 2026

    Cockpit: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via SSH Command-Line Argument Injection

    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2026/CVE-2026-4631.yaml
    Published Apr 16, 2026

    Cockpit Web Console < 360 - Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-4631?
CVE-2026-4631 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was 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 made public?
CVE-2026-4631 was made public on April 7, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Red Hat, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on April 7, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 15, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-4631 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-4631 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 9.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (95th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-4631?
CVE-2026-4631 has a CVSS base score of 9.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-4631?
A fix for CVE-2026-4631 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-4631 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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