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Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-45083

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the cobbler package (PyPI). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered in Cobbler before 3.3.1. Files in /etc/cobbler are world readable. Two of those files contain some sensitive information that can be exposed to a local user who has non-privileged access to the server. The users.digest file contains the sha2-512 digest of users in a Cobbler local installation. In the case of an easy-to-guess password, it's trivial to obtain the plaintext string. The settings.yaml file contains secrets such as the hashed default password.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPIcobbler3.3.1GHSA-5946-mpw5-pqxx
PyPIcobbler3.3.1PYSEC-2022-38

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References