What is GHSA-cj5v-4j3m-m6j5?

GHSA-cj5v-4j3m-m6j5 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. A flaw was found in `cockpit-ws`. This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-cj5v-4j3m-m6j5 cover?

GHSA-cj5v-4j3m-m6j5 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-91147. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-cj5v-4j3m-m6j5?

GHSA-cj5v-4j3m-m6j5 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-cj5v-4j3m-m6j5MediumCVSS 5.9

A flaw was found in `cockpit-ws`. This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 18, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-91147 →

📋 Description

A flaw was found in cockpit-ws. This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a specially crafted request. When the WebService.UrlRoot is configured and a request is made to the exact URL-root prefix without a trailing slash, cockpit-ws can terminate unexpectedly. This issue leads to the unavailability of the Cockpit web service.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-91147
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-91147
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479230
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj5v-4j3m-m6j5