{"id":"CVE-2026-92747","title":"A flaw was found in `cockpit-machines`","summary":"A flaw was found in `cockpit-machines`. This vulnerability allows a local attacker with the ability to inspect running processes to expose sensitive guest virtual machine (VM) credentials, such as `rootPassword` and `userPassword`. This …","severity":"medium","cvss":5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-214"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"cockpit-machines","affected":["cockpit-machines (all versions)","cockpit-machines (all versions)"],"published":"2026-09-18","updated":"2026-09-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-18T23:16:33.163","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92747","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-92747","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2469260","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2469260","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-92747.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-92747"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92747"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-18T18:02:26.653460Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-18T18:47:53.267Z","epss":0.00151,"epssPercentile":0.04677,"slug":"CVE-2026-92747","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in `cockpit-machines`. This vulnerability allows a local attacker with the ability to inspect running processes to expose sensitive guest virtual machine (VM) credentials, such as `rootPassword` and `userPassword`. This occurs when the `install_machine.py` script passes these credentials as a JSON command-line argument during VM creation or installation. The exposure is limited to the period when the installation workflow is active and depends on host process-visibility policies.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · updated 2026-09-18 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-92747.json)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":40,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":27.5,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}