CVE-2024-2947 Cockpit: command injection when deleting a sosreport with a crafted name
High 7.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2947 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-2947 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published on 28 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2947 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2947/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2947/index.md)
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands and escalate privileges by deleting a sosreport with a crafted name in the Cockpit web interface.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-2947?
CVE-2024-2947 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published on 28 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A flaw was found in Cockpit. Deleting a sosreport with a crafted name via the Cockpit web interface can lead to a command injection vulnerability, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue affects Cockpit versions 270 and newer.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2947?
Linux distribution packages (33)
cockpit AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit-bridge AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit-doc AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit-system AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit-ws AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-bridge AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-doc AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-packagekit AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-pcp AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-storaged AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-system AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-ws AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit-bridge Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit-system Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit-ws Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:310.4-1.el8_10 |
cockpit-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-packagekit Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-pcp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-storaged Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-bridge Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-system Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit-ws Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:311.2-1.el9_4 |
cockpit Rocky Linux:8 | All versions | 0:310.4-1.el8_10 |
How do I fix CVE-2024-2947?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2024-2947 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2947 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as ALSA-2024:3667, ALSA-2024:3843, CLSA-2025-1764085222, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-2947, DSA-5655-1, GHSA-8rqc-wx6q-m4qc and 3 more.