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SCA: security update for cobbler (GHSA-p8w2-f44p-fmcj)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432618

Description

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

 - The web interface (CobblerWeb) in Cobbler before 1.2.9 allows remote authenticated users to execute
 arbitrary Python code in cobblerd by editing a Cheetah kickstart template to import arbitrary Python
 modules. (CVE-2008-6954)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p8w2-f44p-fmcj

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 432618

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

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: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-6954

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: 11/15/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-6954

BID: 32317

cwe: CWE-94