What is GHSA-8gxj-mv75-3mrm?

GHSA-8gxj-mv75-3mrm is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Cockpit CMS 2.6.0 allows authenticated users to...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8gxj-mv75-3mrm cover?

GHSA-8gxj-mv75-3mrm covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-72557. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8gxj-mv75-3mrm?

GHSA-8gxj-mv75-3mrm has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-8gxj-mv75-3mrmHighCVSS 8.8

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Cockpit CMS 2.6.0 allows authenticated users to...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 11, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-72557 →

📋 Description

An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Cockpit CMS 2.6.0 allows authenticated users to upload files of any extension including PHP scripts via the asset upload endpoint. The allowed_uploads configuration defaults to wildcard (*) and uploaded files are stored in a web-accessible directory. An attacker with any authenticated account can upload a PHP webshell and execute arbitrary OS commands on the server.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72557
https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8gxj-mv75-3mrm