What is CVE-2022-2818?

CVE-2022-2818 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Agentejo Cockpit, classified under Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-08-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-2818?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-2818 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Agentejo Cockpit

CVE-2022-2818

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

Published 2022-08-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.7% 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

Agentejo Cockpit
Cockpit-Hq Cockpit-Hq/cockpit — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-212 — Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

huntr.dev/bounties/ee27e5df-516b-4cf4-9f28-346d907b5491 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit/commit/4bee1b903ee20818f4a8ecb9d974b9536cc54cb4 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2818?: CVE-2022-2818 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Agentejo Cockpit, classified under Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-2818?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2818 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.