Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-35850  

A server-side request forgery issue was discovered in cockpit-project.org Cockpit 234. It allows a user to send requests to internal hosts for detecting open ports, allowing the firewall configuration to be bypassed or the server to be used as a gateway by a malicious user. NOTE: the vendor states "I don't think [it] is a big real-life issue."

Severity Low

Remote Yes

Type Cross-site request forgery

Description

A server-side request forgery issue was discovered in cockpit-project.org Cockpit 234. It allows a user to send requests to internal hosts for detecting open ports, allowing the firewall configuration to be bypassed or the server to be used as a gateway by a malicious user.

NOTE: the vendor states "I don't think [it] is a big real-life issue."

AVG-1393 cockpit 235-1 Low Vulnerable

https://github.com/passtheticket/vulnerability-research/blob/main/cockpitProject/README.md
https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/issues/15077

The validity of this issue is disputed.