A flaw was found in Cockpit. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker, without prior authentication, to send specially crafted fragmented WebSocket messages. These messages accumulate without a total-size limit, leading to unbounded memory exhaustion and a denial of service in the `cockpit-ws` service.

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Description A flaw was found in Cockpit. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker, without prior authentication, to send specially crafted fragmented WebSocket messages. These messages accumulate without a total-size limit, leading to unbounded memory exhaustion and a denial of service in the `cockpit-ws` service.
Title Cockpit: cockpit: denial of service via unbounded fragmented websocket messages
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift Devspaces
Redhat rhel Els
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_devspaces:3
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift Devspaces
Redhat rhel Els
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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Updated: 2026-11-11T18:38:12.565Z

Reserved: 2026-09-14T20:36:53.441Z

Link: CVE-2026-91150

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