CVE-2009-4261
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the iallocator framework in Ganeti 1.2.4 through 1.2.8, 2.0.0 through 2.0.4, and 2.1.0 before 2.1.0~rc2 allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a crafted external script name supplied through the HTTP remote API (RAPI) and allow (2) local users to execute arbitrary programs and gain privileges via a crafted external script name supplied through a gnt-* command, related to "path sanitization errors."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4230)
- Published
- December 21, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4230 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- roman marxer / ganeti
- roman marxer / ganeti
- roman marxer / ganeti
- roman marxer / ganeti
- roman marxer / ganeti
- roman marxer / ganeti
- roman marxer / ganeti
- roman marxer / ganeti
- roman marxer / ganeti
- roman marxer / ganeti
- roman marxer / ganeti
References
- http://git.ganeti.org/?p=ganeti.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=NEWS%3Bh=34b46426eca82c351e0a478c71edb66b9bb4b228%3Bhp=7f916c59238503915e927377d887b93eef1f676c%3Bhb=e5823b7e2cd8a3c9037a10aa59823a45642ce29f%3Bhpb=f95c81bf21c177f7e6a2c53ea0613034326329bd
- http://git.ganeti.org/?p=ganeti.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=lib/constants.py%3Bh=81302575487a44ed192e61aa7b21888a215ef215%3Bhp=c353878ed83ce66d21c237da5e709dedd7b6f26b%3Bhb=0084657a21afb49c6f74498f27b97dfdbc42b383%3Bhpb=d24cb69273e4b03ffcd4e4768d95841b5570e264
- http://git.ganeti.org/?p=ganeti.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=lib/utils.py%3Bh=bcd8e107bbc44ff94a4bc3dc405b5547719f001d%3Bhp=df2d18027e83b7783e146cbbe58f7efa92317980%3Bhb=f95c81bf21c177f7e6a2c53ea0613034326329bd%3Bhpb=4fe80ef2ed1cda3a6357274eccafe5c1f21a5283
- http://git.ganeti.org/?p=ganeti.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f95c81bf21c177f7e6a2c53ea0613034326329bd
- http://groups.google.com/group/ganeti/browse_thread/thread/cbce23d89103a8d2(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37849(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-019.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/17/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508535/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3599(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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