Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting cobbler package, versions *
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- published28 Apr 2025
- disclosed2 Aug 2018
Introduced: 2 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-1000226 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 cobbler.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cobbler package and not the cobbler package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Cobbler version Verified as present in Cobbler versions 2.6.11+, but code inspection suggests at least 2.0.0+ or possibly even older versions may be vulnerable contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XMLRPC API (/cobbler_api) that can result in Privilege escalation, data manipulation or exfiltration, LDAP credential harvesting. This attack appear to be exploitable via "network connectivity". Taking advantage of improper validation of security tokens in API endpoints. Please note this is a different issue than CVE-2018-10931.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1612103
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000226
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1916
- https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-1000226.yaml