cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE

published 2019-11-19 6 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4861

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

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red hat product security vex CVE-2011-4954 updated 2026-01-28 cvss 6.9

cobbler: Local privilege escalation due use of insecure (world writable) location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE cache

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not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

cobbler cobbler

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

security-tracker.debian.org /tracker/CVE-2011-4954
third-party-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4954
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
access.redhat.com /security/cve/cve-2011-4954
third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2012/04/12/10
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
bugs.gentoo.org /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4954
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2011-4954
NVD CVE-2011-4954

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Summary