GHSA-p8w2-f44p-fmcj

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    GHSA-p8w2-f44p-fmcj

    Published: 17 May 2022Last Modified: 7 Jul 2026

    Summary: Cobbler Web Interface Kickstart Template Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    Details: The web interface (CobblerWeb) in Cobbler before 1.2.9 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Python code with the root privileges in cobblerd by editing a Cheetah kickstart template to import arbitrary Python modules.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6954, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46625, https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler, https://web.archive.org/web/20111227125913/http://secunia.com/advisories/32804, https://web.archive.org/web/20111227151912/http://secunia.com/advisories/32737, https://web.archive.org/web/20200228143518/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32317, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00462.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00485.html, http://freshmeat.net/projects/cobbler/releases/288374

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cobbler

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cobbler

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.9

    Affected versions

    0.6.3-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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