CVE-2026-92768 — Cockpit-machines: cockpit-machines: sensitive data exposure via command-line arguments

A flaw was found in cockpit-machines. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to expose sensitive Virtual Machine (VM) credentials, including plaintext passwords, by inspecting process command-line arguments during VM creation or installation. The cockpit-machines component passes password values directly on the command line, making them visible to other local users on systems where process arguments are not restricted. Successful exploitation leads to information disclosure, potentially compromising VM access.

Published Sep 18, 2026Updated Sep 18, 2026Sources: cvelistV5, redhat

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Unreported

no source claims exploitation

EPSS

Not scored

FIRST has not published a score

Affects

redhat

2 products listed

CVSS base

5.5

MEDIUM

Affected scope

The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.

Vendors (1)

redhat

Products (2)

red hat enterprise linux 10red hat enterprise linux 9

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Source
5.5	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM	—	—	cvelistV5

Weakness & attack patterns

CWE-214

References

2 on the record

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-92768
vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2469258
issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT

Elsewhere on this site

redhatevery CVE for this vendor
CWE-214other pages naming this weakness

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.