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CVE-2016-9605 json

Cobbler Arbitrary File Read

published 2018-08-22 8 y ago modified 2026-07-06 4 mo ago also GHSA-4vc9-4xpq-77vm , PYSEC-2026-623 , EUVD-2022-2448

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in cobbler software component version 2.6.11-1. It suffers from an invalid parameter validation vulnerability, leading the arbitrary file reading. The flaw is triggered by navigating to a vulnerable URL via cobbler-web on a default installation.

Patch / fix

  • cobbler Manager Server 3.0, Manager Client Tools 12 2.6.6-48.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1699-1

  • cobbler openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.2.1.336+git.5639a3af-1.1
  • koan openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.0.1-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10690-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10897-1

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-2016-9605 updated cvss 6.1

cobbler: Cross site scripting in profile page

  • Red Hat Satellite 5 cobbler
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
OSV 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi cobbler
<=2.6.11-1
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • The cobbler Project cobbler

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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