PYSEC-2026-796

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    PYSEC-2026-796

    Published: 6 Jul 2026Last Modified: 7 Jul 2026

    Summary: Cobbler XSS Vulnerability

    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 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cobbler-web that can result in Privilege escalation to admin.. This attack appear to be exploitable via "network connectivity". Sending unauthenticated JavaScript payload to the Cobbler XMLRPC API (/cobbler_api).

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000225, https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1917, https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler, https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/blob/master/cobbler/remote.py#L2236, https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api, https://pypi.org/project/cobbler, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9g5-98pm-w6q7

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cobbler

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cobbler

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    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-2026-796 | CVE-DB