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CVE-2008-6954

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6954 describes a critical vulnerability in CobblerWeb, the web interface for Cobbler versions prior to 1.2.9. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Python code within the cobblerd service by manipulating Cheetah kickstart templates to import malicious Python modules. With a CVSS score of 9.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and requiring only authenticated access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cobblerFixed in: 1.2.9

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-p8w2-f44p-fmcjhigh

Cobbler Web Interface Kickstart Template Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

May 17, 2022

References

freshmeat.net / projects/cobbler/releases/288374
Patch
osvdb.org / 50291
secunia.com / advisories/32737
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32804
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46625
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00462.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00485.html
securityfocus.com / bid/32317
Patch