CVE-2026-125672
Description
A flaw was found in cockpit-storaged. A Tang keyserver address read from a clevis token in a LUKS header is concatenated into curl's argument vector without a "--" separator. An address beginning with "-" is parsed by curl as an option instead of a hostname, allowing an attacker who can attach a crafted LUKS/clevis block device (for example, a local unprivileged user with an active console or desktop login session) to have an administratively-privileged Cockpit user unknowingly trigger curl option injection when editing the device's Tang keyserver settings. This can lead to arbitrary file read or write as the Cockpit session user.
Statement
Exploitation of this flaw requires an unprivileged local user with an active console or desktop login session on the host -- a plain SSH or Cockpit web session is not sufficient for the underlying device-attachment step -- in addition to an administratively-privileged Cockpit user opening the affected device's "Edit Tang keyserver" dialog and saving it without noticing the malformed value. No non-default configuration of Cockpit or the affected host is required for the flaw to be reachable once these conditions are met.
Mitigation
There is no complete mitigation available without a code fix. As a partial mitigation, administrators can restrict local interactive console or desktop login access on hosts running Cockpit's Storage module to trusted users only, and should carefully verify the Keyserver address shown in the "Edit Tang keyserver" dialog before clicking Save -- a value that does not resemble a well-formed hostname (for example, one starting with a hyphen) should not be accepted.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.6 | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | N/A |
| Privileges Required | Low | N/A | N/A |
| User Interaction | Required | N/A | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | N/A |
| Confidentiality | High | N/A | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | High | N/A | N/A |
| Availability Impact | None | N/A | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Confidentiality,Integrity,Availability,Other
Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Alter Execution Logic; Read Application Data; Modify Application Data
If an attacker can provide an untrusted input that contains argument-separating delimiters, then the resulting command will have more arguments than intended by the developer, potentially changing the expected behavior of the command. Depending on the functionality supported by the extraneous arguments, this may have security-relevant consequences. The attacker could include arguments that allow unintended commands or code to be executed, allow sensitive data to be read or modified, or cause other unintended behavior.
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Andrey Vasilevsky for reporting this issue.
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