CVE-2024-6126 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/8/9 cockpit user_readenv resource consumption

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/8/9 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component cockpit. The manipulation of the argument user_readenv leads to resource consumption.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-6126. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.