PT-2021-22859 · Cobbler+2 · Cobbler+2

Schoolguy · Published 2021-09-20 · Updated 2025-05-16 · CVE-2021-40323

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cobbler versions prior to 3.3.0

Description The issue allows log poisoning and resultant Remote Code Execution via an XMLRPC method that logs to the logfile for template injection.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.3.0, update to version 3.3.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the XMLRPC method to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-40323

GHSA-CPQF-3C3R-C9G2

OESA-2025-1467

OESA-2025-1468

OESA-2025-1469

OESA-2025-1527

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_0062-1

PYSEC-2021-373

SUSE-RU-2021:3162-1

SUSE-SU-2021:3151-1

SUSE-SU-2021:3170-1

USN-6475-1

Affected Products

Cobbler

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 78

• https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/d8f60bbf14a838c8c8a1dba98086b223e35fe70a · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45081 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45083 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40325 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:3170-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000469 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40323 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45082 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6475-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000226 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45083 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2025-1467 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cpqf-3c3r-c9g2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10931 · Vendor Advisory