CVE-2026-73680

Cockpit CMS 2.14.0 Authenticated Command Injection via FFmpeg Filename

Published Aug 14, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
Cockpit CMS 2.14.0 and prior contains a command injection vulnerability in the FFmpeg integration that allows authenticated users with only the assets/upload permission to execute arbitrary commands by uploading a video file with a shell metacharacter-laden filename. The unsanitized filename is interpolated into a shell command executed via Process::fromShellCommandline() before the slugify() sanitizer runs, enabling injected shell metacharacters such as backticks, $(), and semicolons to escape the FFmpeg command context and execute as the web-server user.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Agentejo
Agentejo cockpit
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:agentejo:cockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Agentejo
Agentejo cockpit
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cockpit-hq
Cockpit-hq cockpit
Vendors & Products Cockpit-hq
Cockpit-hq cockpit
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Cockpit CMS 2.14.0 and prior contains a command injection vulnerability in the FFmpeg integration that allows authenticated users with only the assets/upload permission to execute arbitrary commands by uploading a video file with a shell metacharacter-laden filename. The unsanitized filename is interpolated into a shell command executed via Process::fromShellCommandline() before the slugify() sanitizer runs, enabling injected shell metacharacters such as backticks, $(), and semicolons to escape the FFmpeg command context and execute as the web-server user.
Title Cockpit CMS 2.14.0 Authenticated Command Injection via FFmpeg Filename
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 1, 2026, 3:20 PM
Reserved
Aug 13, 2026, 3:15 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 14, 2026, 8:16 PM
Modified
Aug 26, 2026, 4:57 PM