{"id":"CVE-2026-57856","aliases":["EUVD-2026-43577","GHSA-cfx5-q5qm-x936"],"status":"published","title":"Cockpit CMS Path Traversal via Bucket Name in Bucket File Storage API","description":"Cockpit CMS contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Bucket file storage API (/system/buckets/api). The api() method in modules/System/Controller/Buckets.php sanitizes the bucket name with preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9-_\\\\.]/','', $bucket), which permits '..' and '../' sequences. The sanitized value is interpolated into a Flysystem path as uploads://buckets/{bucket}. Flysystem's WhitespacePathNormalizer resolves 'buckets/..' to the empty string (the uploads storage root) without raising PathTraversalDetected because the '..' has a preceding component to consume. An authenticated low-privileged user can send a crafted request with a '../' bucket name to list, upload, and delete files across all buckets, including those belonging to other users or roles","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00479,"percentile":0.41878,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2026-07-13T22:41:23Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:29Z","products":[{"vendor":"cockpit","product":"cockpit cms"},{"vendor":"cockpit hq","product":"cockpit cms"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit","tags":["product","package"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/dde2d1d74f5f4e11de42a298918ea8c9684f932c","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/sermikr0/821c4edd3c34e98a62a50b07707785bd","tags":["technical-description","exploit","article"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-missing-authorization-in-bucket-file-storage-api","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-path-traversal-via-bucket-name-in-bucket-file-storage-api","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57856","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfx5-q5qm-x936"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/57xxx/CVE-2026-57856.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-57856","title":"Cockpit CMS Path Traversal via Bucket Name in Bucket File Storage API","description":"Cockpit CMS contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Bucket file storage API (/system/buckets/api). The api() method in modules/System/Controller/Buckets.php sanitizes the bucket name with preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9-_\\\\.]/','', $bucket), which permits '..' and '../' sequences. The sanitized value is interpolated into a Flysystem path as uploads://buckets/{bucket}. Flysystem's WhitespacePathNormalizer resolves 'buckets/..' to the empty string (the uploads storage root) without raising PathTraversalDetected because the '..' has a preceding component to consume. 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The sanitized value is interpolated into a Flysystem path as uploads://buckets/{bucket}. Flysystem's WhitespacePathNormalizer resolves 'buckets/..' to the empty string (the uploads storage root) without raising PathTraversalDetected because the '..' has a preceding component to consume. An authenticated low-privileged user can send a crafted request with a '../' bucket name to list, upload, and delete files across all buckets, including those belonging to other users or roles","status":"published","published":"2026-07-13T22:41:23Z","modified":"2026-07-14T21:34:35Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:19:57.911867Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-cfx5-q5qm-x936","title":"Cockpit CMS contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Bucket file storage API (/system...","description":"Cockpit CMS contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Bucket file storage API (/system/buckets/api). The api() method in modules/System/Controller/Buckets.php sanitizes the bucket name with preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9-_\\\\.]/','', $bucket), which permits '..' and '../' sequences. The sanitized value is interpolated into a Flysystem path as uploads://buckets/{bucket}. Flysystem's WhitespacePathNormalizer resolves 'buckets/..' to the empty string (the uploads storage root) without raising PathTraversalDetected because the '..' has a preceding component to consume. 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