PYSEC-2022-38

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    PYSEC-2022-38

    Published: 20 Feb 2022Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Cobbler before 3.3.1. Files in /etc/cobbler are world readable. Two of those files contain some sensitive information that can be exposed to a local user who has non-privileged access to the server. The users.digest file contains the sha2-512 digest of users in a Cobbler local installation. In the case of an easy-to-guess password, it's trivial to obtain the plaintext string. The settings.yaml file contains secrets such as the hashed default password.

    References: https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/18/3, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193671, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5946-mpw5-pqxx

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cobbler

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cobbler

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.3.1

    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
    PYSEC-2022-38 | CVE-DB