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PYSEC-2026-795
Cobbler Web Interface Kickstart Template Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Quick fix
PYSEC-2026-795 — cobbler: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'cobbler>=1.2.9'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.
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6954[ADVISORY]
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46625[WEB]
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler[PACKAGE]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111227125913/http://secunia.com/advisories/32804[WEB]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111227151912/http://secunia.com/advisories/32737[WEB]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228143518/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32317[WEB]
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00462.html[WEB]
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00485.html[WEB]
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/cobbler/releases/288374[WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/cobbler[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p8w2-f44p-fmcj[ADVISORY]