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Cockpit: cockpit: local privilege escalation via insecure symlink handling in public key addition helper

CVSS 3.1 7.3 HIGHCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

cve-program · CVE-2026-91151

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A flaw was found in Cockpit. A local authenticated user with control over a target account's home directory can exploit a privileged symlink dereference vulnerability in the `ssh-add-public-key.sh` helper. When this helper runs with elevated privileges, it can be tricked into following attacker-controlled symlinks within the `.ssh` or `authorized_keys` paths. This allows the attacker to arbitrarily change file ownership and modes, potentially leading to local privilege escalation and impacting the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the system.

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