What is CVE-2020-35850?

CVE-2020-35850 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cockpit-Project Cockpit, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-35850?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

SSRF in Cockpit-Project Cockpit

CVE-2020-35850

An SSRF issue was discovered in cockpit-project.org Cockpit 234. NOTE: this is unrelated to the Agentejo Cockpit product. NOTE: the vendor states "I don't think [it] is a big real-life issue.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published 2020-12-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.017 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Cockpit-Project Cockpit — versions 234

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

github.com/passtheticket/vulnerability-research/blob/main/cockpitProject/README… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/issues/15077 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35850?: CVE-2020-35850 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cockpit-Project Cockpit, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-35850?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.