MEDIUM6.1
PYSEC-2026-796
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).
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Affected packages
PyPI/cobbler
Introduced in:
0No fixed version published yet for cobbler (pip). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000225[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1917[WEB]
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/blob/master/cobbler/remote.py#L2236[WEB]
- https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api[WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/cobbler[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9g5-98pm-w6q7[ADVISORY]