CVE•Published 2026-08-11•Modified 2026-09-03•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-72557
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
25
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 75% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Cockpit CMS 2.6.0 allows authenticated users to upload files of any extension including PHP scripts via the asset upload endpoint. The allowed_uploads configuration defaults to wildcard (*) and uploaded files are stored in a web-accessible directory. An attacker with any authenticated account can upload a PHP webshell and execute arbitrary OS commands on the server.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-09-03
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-72557Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-72557Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-72557Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-72557GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-72557" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-72557 on GitHub.