How severe is GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628?

GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 has a CVSS score of 7.7/10, rated HIGH. Immediate patching is strongly recommended.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628?

GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 affects the following packages: cockpit-hq/cockpit (Packagist). Ecosystems affected: Packagist.

How do I fix GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628?

Update cockpit-hq/cockpit to 2.13.5 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 in my Packagist dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for cockpit-hq/cockpit. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

How do I mitigate GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

How does O3 Security protect against GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628?

O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Is GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628?

GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 0.4%, placing it in the 31th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

When was GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 was published on March 17, 2026 and was last updated on March 19, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

🐘 Packagist

GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628

HIGH

Cockpit CMS has SQL Injection in MongoLite Aggregation Optimizer via toJsonExtractRaw()

Also known asCVE-2026-31891

Published

Mar 17, 2026

Updated

Mar 19, 2026

Affected

1 pkg

Patched

1 / 1

Exploits

None indexed

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

0.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk31th percentile+0.38%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected

🐘cockpit-hq/cockpit

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Impact

This is a SQL Injection vulnerability in the MongoLite Aggregation Optimizer.

Any Cockpit CMS instance running version 2.13.4 or earlier with API access enabled is potentially affected.

Who is impacted:

Any deployment where the /api/content/aggregate/{model} endpoint is publicly accessible or reachable by untrusted users.
Attackers in possession of a valid read-only API key (the lowest privilege level) can exploit this vulnerability — no admin access is required.

What an attacker can do:

Inject arbitrary SQL via unsanitized field names in aggregation queries.
Bypass the _state=1 published-content filter to access unpublished or restricted content.
Extract unauthorized data from the underlying SQLite content database.

Confidentiality impact is High. Integrity and availability are not directly affected by this vulnerability.

Patches

This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.13.5.

All users running Cockpit CMS version 2.13.4 or earlier are strongly advised to upgrade to 2.13.5 or later immediately.

https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/releases/tag/2.13.5

The fix applies the same field-name sanitization introduced in v2.13.3 for toJsonPath() to the toJsonExtractRaw() method in lib/MongoLite/Aggregation/Optimizer.php, closing the injection vector in the Aggregation Optimizer.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
🐘Packagist	`cockpit-hq/cockpit`	all versions	2.13.5

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for cockpit-hq/cockpit. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update cockpit-hq/cockpit to 2.13.5 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-7x5c-vfhj-9628. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Impact This is a SQL Injection vulnerability in the MongoLite Aggregation Optimizer. Any Cockpit CMS instance running version **2.13.4 or earlier** with API access enabled is potentially affected. **Who is impacted:** - Any deployment where the `/api/content/aggregate/{model}` endpoint is publicly accessible or reachable by untrusted users. - Attackers in possession of a **valid read-only API key** (the lowest privilege level) can exploit this vulnerability — no admin access is required. **What an attacker can do:** - Inject arbitrary SQL via unsanitized field names in aggregation

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