HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2235

Cobbler vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
template_api.py in Cobbler before 2.0.7, as used in Red Hat Network Satellite Server and other products, does not disable the ability of the Cheetah template engine to execute Python statements contained in templates, which allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code via a crafted kickstart template file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-6954.
Affected vendor
Michael Dehaan
Affected product
Cobbler
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2010-12-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-2235

  • Confirm whether Michael Dehaan Cobbler is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-2235.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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