CVE-2024-47533Cobbler allows anyone to connect to cobbler XML-RPC server with a known password and make changes
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cobbler, a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments, has an improper authentication vulnerability starting in version 3.0.0 and prior to versions 3.2.3 and 3.3.7. `utils.get_shared_secret()` always returns `-1`, which allows anyone to connect to cobbler XML-RPC as user `''` password `-1` and make any changes. This gives anyone with network access to a cobbler server full control of the server. Versions 3.2.3 and 3.3.7 fix the issue.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- Cobbler 'XML-RPC' - Authentication Bypass (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-47533.yamlSeverity critical
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 54 days later
· 54 days later
Published
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIcobblerGHSA-m26c-fcgh-cp6h (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/security/advisories/GHSA-m26c-fcgh-cp6h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/32c5cada013dc8daa7320a8eda9932c2814742b0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/e19717623c10b29e7466ed4ab23515a94beb2dda (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
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-2024-3281 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m26c-fcgh-cp6h (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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