CVE-2018-10931: cobbler_project cobbler Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-10931 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Exposed Dangerous Method or Function vulnerability in cobbler_project cobbler. EPSS estimates a 68.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 68% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7Timeline
- 09-08-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
It was found that cobbler 2.6.x exposed all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface class over XMLRPC. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to gain high privileges within cobbler, upload files to arbitrary location in the context of the daemon.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
68.08%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
99%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 68.08% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat2 products
- satellite5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8
- cobbler< 0:2.0.7-44.1.el6sat | < 0:2.0.7-68.1.el6sat | < 0:2.0.7-73.el6sat
Suse2 products
- cobbler&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS< 2.2.2-0.68.6.1
- cobbler&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS< 2.2.2-0.68.6.1
Cobbler_project1 product
- cobbler≥ 2.6.0, ≤ 2.6.11
PyPI1 product
- cobbler≥ 2.6.0, < 3.0.0
The cobbler project1 product
- cobbler≥ 2.6.0, < 2.7.0
Ubuntu1 product
- cobbler< 2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1
6 vendors · 8 products
References
29 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10931X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2372Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATThird Party AdvisoryWEBAdvisory
Show all 29 references
- github.com/cobbler/cobblerPACKAGE