PYSEC-2026-797

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    PYSEC-2026-797

    Published: 6 Jul 2026Last Modified: 7 Jul 2026

    Summary: Cobbler Path Traversal vulnerability

    Details: Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the web interface in Cobbler 2.4.x through 2.6.x allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via the Kickstart field in a profile.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3225, https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/939, https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/8232c0e88ec7382d3f8d3bf48c81a4a91ac4325d, https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/f757e3096fcd32397609ca38efb01f19d16dd634, https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBaoQUFEYQ&feature=youtu.be, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126553/Cobbler-Local-File-Inclusion.html, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/273, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/274, http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33252, http://www.osvdb.org/106759, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532094/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67277, https://pypi.org/project/cobbler, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc7w-jvhx-p6q9

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cobbler

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cobbler

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.4.0
    Fixed -2.4.7

    Affected versions

    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-2026-797 | CVE-DB