CVE-2018-10931: Cobbler has Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

CVE-2018-10931 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Published 2022-05-13

It was found that cobbler 2.6.x exposed all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface class over XMLRPC. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to gain high privileges within cobbler, upload files to arbitrary location in the context of the daemon.

Technologies: cobbler (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2018-10931 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2018-10931 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2018-10931?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 13 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
cobbler (PyPI) >= 2.6.0, < 3.0.0, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.6.0,fixed=3.0.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2018-10931?
Yes. cobbler (PyPI): upgrade to 3.0.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2018-10931?
Check whether you run cobbler (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • cobbler (PyPI): upgrade to 3.0.0 or later
    pip install "cobbler>=3.0.0"

Affected products

  • cobbler (PyPI) >= 2.6.0, < 3.0.0, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.6.0,fixed=3.0.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2018-10931
  • GHSA-8787-63px-3m23
  • PYSEC-2026-313

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