Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-92768 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-92768 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-92768?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 18 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- cockpit-machines.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-92768?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-92768 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-92768?
- Check whether you run Cockpit-Machines. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from passing password values directly on the command line during VM creation or installation, exposing them via /proc/[pid]/cmdline inspection. Attack requires local system access and occurs during a specific execution window when the sensitive command is running. Successful exploitation results in plaintext credential disclosure (CWE-214) with no integrity or availability impact, only confidentiality compromise.
Affected products
- cockpit-machines
Timeline
- 2026-09-18: disclosed