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CVE-2008-6954
The web interface (CobblerWeb) in Cobbler before 1.2.9 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Python code in cobblerd by…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 2.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 18% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The web interface (CobblerWeb) in Cobbler before 1.2.9 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Python code in cobblerd by editing a Cheetah kickstart template to import arbitrary Python modules.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIcobblerGHSA-p8w2-f44p-fmcj (opens in a new tab)
References
8
- FEDORA-2008-9723 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 50291 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-9745 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 32804 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32737 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- cobbler-interface-code-execution(46625) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32317 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/cobbler/releases/288374 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-4717 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-p8w2-f44p-fmcj (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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