CVE-2018-1000226

Description

Cobbler version Verified as present in Cobbler versions 2.6.11+, but code inspection suggests at least 2.0.0+ or possibly even older versions may be vulnerable contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XMLRPC API (/cobbler_api) that can result in Privilege escalation, data manipulation or exfiltration, LDAP credential harvesting. This attack appear to be exploitable via "network connectivity". Taking advantage of improper validation of security tokens in API endpoints. Please note this is a different issue than CVE-2018-10931.

How to fix CVE-2018-1000226

To remediate CVE-2018-1000226, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 3.0.0 or later

Is CVE-2018-1000226 being exploited?

Likely — EPSS is 60.0%, placing CVE-2018-1000226 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 3.0.0

CVSS scores

References (4)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000226
• PATCHgithub.com/cobbler/cobbler
• WEBgithub.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1916
• WEBmovermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api