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When saving Virtual Network Computing (VNC) console settings, the configured password is passed directly as a command-line argument to an underlying system utility. A local unprivileged attacker on a host that allows cross-user process inspection could read the exposed password from the process list while another user modifies settings. This credential disclosure can allow unauthorized access to the guest virtual machine's graphical console.","score":5,"severity":"medium","published":"2026-10-20T11:09:12.095Z","modified":"2026-10-30T07:07:23.817Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"products":[{"vendor":"Red Hat","name":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10","platforms":[],"versions":[],"defaultStatus":"affected","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"],"source":"redhat","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113496"},{"vendor":"Red Hat","name":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8","platforms":[],"versions":[],"defaultStatus":"affected","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"],"source":"redhat","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113496"},{"vendor":"Red Hat","name":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","platforms":[],"versions":[],"defaultStatus":"affected","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"],"source":"redhat","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113496"}],"remediation":[{"text":"Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.","source":"redhat","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113496"}],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-113496","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2556058"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-113496","modified":"2026-10-30T07:07:23.817Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113496"}],"assessments":[{"source":"redhat","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":5}],"sourceAffected":[],"observedAt":"2026-10-30T07:20:56.713Z","kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-10-31T15:40:31.971Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"available","checkedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:35.247Z","attemptedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:35.247Z"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"available","checkedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:35.165Z","attemptedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:35.165Z"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"available","checkedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:33.988Z","attemptedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:33.988Z"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"available","checkedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:35.651Z","attemptedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:35.651Z"}],"evidence":[{"source":"ENISA EUVD","id":"EUVD-2026-104960","url":"https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-104960","modified":"Oct 21, 2026, 3:00:22 PM","score":5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","checkedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:33.988Z"},{"source":"GitHub Advisory Database","id":"GHSA-vxhg-j5jv-qgqm","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxhg-j5jv-qgqm","modified":"2026-10-20T12:31:45Z","score":5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","checkedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:35.165Z"},{"source":"NVD","id":"CVE-2026-113496","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113496","modified":"2026-10-20T15:03:59.857","score":5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","checkedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:35.247Z"},{"source":"FIRST EPSS","id":"CVE-2026-113496","url":"https://www.first.org/epss/","probability":0.00143,"percentile":0.03591,"date":"2026-10-29","checkedAt":"2026-10-30T07:25:35.651Z"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"A flaw in cockpit-machines exposes the VNC console password as a command-line argument, allowing a local unprivileged attacker to read it from the process list. The affected products include Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9, and 10. A local attacker could use this to access the guest virtual machine's graphical console.","model":"@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast","generatedAt":"2026-10-30T08:44:10.927Z","sources":[{"name":"CVE","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113496"}]}}