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high 8.5

CVE-2010-2235 json

Cobbler is vulnerable to code injection

published 2010-12-09 15 y ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-jhm7-38xj-pvm8 , PYSEC-2026-794 , EUVD-2022-4375

cvss
8.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi cobbler 2.0.7
  • cobbler network satellite 5.3 1.6.6-15.el4sat
  • cobbler network satellite 5.3 1.6.6-15.el5sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0775

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-2235 updated cvss 7.1

(cobbler): Code injection flaw (ACE as root) by processing of a specially-crafted kickstart template file

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.4) cobbler 1.6.6-15.el4sat Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.5) cobbler 1.6.6-15.el5sat
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0775

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Exploit prediction

3.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 8.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi cobbler
<2.0.7
2.0.7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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