CVE-2012-2395
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.5%EU EUVD
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in action_power.py in Cobbler 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) username or (2) password fields to the power_system method in the xmlrpc API.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 5.5% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-3869)
- Published
- June 16, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3869 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- michael dehaan / cobbler
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00000.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/18
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/4
- http://www.osvdb.org/82458
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53666
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cobbler/+bug/978999
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/6d9167e5da44eca56bdf42b5776097a6779aaadf(Exploit, Patch)
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/141
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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