PYSEC-2026-315

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    PYSEC-2026-315

    Published: 29 Jun 2026Last Modified: 13 Jul 2026

    Summary: Cobbler Improper Validation of Security Tokens

    Details: Cobbler version Verified as present in Cobbler versions 2.6.11+, but code inspection suggests at least 2.0.0+ or possibly even older versions may be vulnerable contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XMLRPC API (/cobbler_api) that can result in Privilege escalation, data manipulation or exfiltration, LDAP credential harvesting. This attack appear to be exploitable via "network connectivity". Taking advantage of improper validation of security tokens in API endpoints. Please note this is a different issue than CVE-2018-10931.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000226, https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1916, https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler, https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api, https://pypi.org/project/cobbler, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f88q-22g8-frcg

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cobbler

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cobbler

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.0.0

    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-2026-315 | CVE-DB