What is CVE-2023-4196?

CVE-2023-4196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Agentejo Cockpit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2023-4196?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Agentejo Cockpit

CVE-2023-4196

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

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-08-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

huntr.dev/bounties/c275a2d4-721f-49f7-8787-b146af2056a0 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/cockpit-hq/cockpit/commit/039a00cc310bff128ca6e6c1c46c6fbad0385c2c (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4196?: CVE-2023-4196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Agentejo Cockpit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2023-4196?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.