CVE-2026-76235

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Description

A memory leak flaw was found in cockpit-ws. The login page handler leaks a heap allocation on every unauthenticated request that carries a CockpitLang cookie, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to exhaust memory on the host and cause a denial of service.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
[email protected]
Published
2026-08-19 13:18:11.637000
Last modified
2026-11-03 18:18:04.727000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-08-19T13:18:11.637",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T18:18:04.727",
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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