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openSUSE Cockpit Important Remote Code Exec Fix CVE-2026-4802

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important security update for openSUSE fixes a remote command execution in the cockpit application.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for cockpit fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2026-4802: Fixed a remote command execution via unsanitized

user-controlled parameters within crafted links in system logs UI

(boo#1265040).

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security advisory remote code execution important OpenSUSE cockpit cve 2026-4802

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2026-176=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

cockpit-321-bp157.2.3.2

cockpit-bridge-321-bp157.2.3.2

cockpit-devel-321-bp157.2.3.2

cockpit-pcp-321-bp157.2.3.2

cockpit-ws-321-bp157.2.3.2

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (noarch):

cockpit-doc-321-bp157.2.3.2

cockpit-kdump-321-bp157.2.3.2

cockpit-networkmanager-321-bp157.2.3.2

cockpit-packagekit-321-bp157.2.3.2

cockpit-selinux-321-bp157.2.3.2

cockpit-storaged-321-bp157.2.3.2

cockpit-system-321-bp157.2.3.2

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4802.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265040

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0176-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7

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