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CVE-2018-10931

cobbler: CobblerXMLRPCInterface exports all its methods over XMLRPC

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Severity

Critical

Red Hat Product Security

9.8

CVSS 3.0

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Published · August 9, 2018

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

An API-exposure flaw was found in cobbler, where it exported CobblerXMLRPCInterface private functions over XMLRPC. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to gain important privileges within cobbler, as well as upload files to an arbitrary location in the daemon context.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

If SELinux is enabled, it might prevent some locations from accepting uploaded files from the attacker. This prevents some basic attacks allowing remote code execution, although it would not exclude all other possibilities.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-749 · Exposed Dangerous Method or Function