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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-1000226

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CVE-2018-1000226

cobbler: XMLRPC API endpoints are not correctly validating security tokens

Published Modified CWE 732
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
pip::GitHub Security Advisory pipcobbler3.0.0
Red Hatkoan, python3-koanno fix listed
ubuntu 16.04-ESMcobbler2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1
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SourcePackageFixed in
pip::GitHub Security Advisory pipcobbler3.0.0
Red Hatkoanno fix listed
Red Hatpython3-koanno fix listed
ubuntu 16.04-ESMcobbler2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1

References

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