GHSA-g3mv-64h3-h482 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cockpit-hq/cockpit. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
Cockpit Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-g3mv-64h3-h482.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-g3mv-64h3-h482 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
cockpit-hq/cockpitReal-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
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository cockpit-hq/cockpit version 2.6.3 and prior. A patch is available at commit 30609466c817e39f9de1871559603e93cd4d0d0c and anticipated to be part of version 2.6.4.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | cockpit-hq/cockpit | all versions | No fix |
Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for cockpit-hq/cockpit, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
No patched version of cockpit-hq/cockpit has shipped for GHSA-g3mv-64h3-h482 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
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 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-g3mv-64h3-h482 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-g3mv-64h3-h482. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
How to detect GHSA-g3mv-64h3-h482
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id ghsa-g3mv-64h3-h482 -u https://target- Template
- Cockpit - Cross-Site Scripting
- Severity
- medium
- Impact
- Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through the space parameter in the installation interface to steal administrator credentials during Cockpit CMS setup.
- Remediation
- Update Cockpit to version 2.6.4 or later that properly sanitizes and encodes the space parameter in the install/index.php interface.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (iamnoooob, pdresearch), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-g3mv-64h3-h482 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-g3mv-64h3-h482 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.