SCA: security update for cobbler (GHSA-jhm7-38xj-pvm8)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416392

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- template_api.py in Cobbler before 2.0.7, as used in Red Hat Network Satellite Server and other products,
does not disable the ability of the Cheetah template engine to execute Python statements contained in
templates, which allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code via a crafted
kickstart template file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-6954. (CVE-2010-2235)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jhm7-38xj-pvm8

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 416392

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2235

BID: 44174

cwe: CWE-94