{"id":"CVE-2018-10931","aliases":["GHSA-8787-63px-3m23","PYSEC-2026-313"],"title":"Cobbler has Exposed Dangerous Method or Function","summary":"Cobbler has Exposed Dangerous Method or Function","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"cobbler","product":"cobbler","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["cobbler >= 2.6.0, < 3.0.0"],"patched":["cobbler 3.0.0"],"published":"2022-05-13","updated":"2026-10-27","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-27T16:30:05.973517468Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8787-63px-3m23","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10931"},{"url":"https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1916"},{"url":"https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/pull/1921"},{"url":"https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/1b91a3d3ac87c31d9dac2307513feb2aa49620a6"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2372"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10931"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1613861"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10931"},{"url":"https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/cobbler/PYSEC-2026-313.yaml"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5Q4ACIVZ5D4KSUDLGRTOKGGB4U42SD"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CMWK5KCCZXOGOYNR2H6BWDSABTQ5NYJA"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5Q4ACIVZ5D4KSUDLGRTOKGGB4U42SD"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CMWK5KCCZXOGOYNR2H6BWDSABTQ5NYJA"},{"url":"https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api"},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/cobbler"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8787-63px-3m23"}],"tags":["osv","pip","ghsa"],"epss":0.68083,"epssPercentile":0.99323,"cwe":["CWE-749"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-27T16:32:34.365Z","slug":"CVE-2018-10931","body":"## Overview\n\nIt 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.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `cobbler >= 2.6.0, < 3.0.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `cobbler 3.0.0`","depth":"midnight","depthScore":68,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":13.6,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}