🛡️ CVE-2012-2395 — cobbler

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-77 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Cobbler subject to Command Injection

A Command Injection in action_power.py in Cobbler prior to v2.6.0 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.

Weakness class

CVE-2012-2395 is classified as CWE-77: Command Injection. User input is placed into a command that the system interprets, allowing extra commands to be appended to the intended one.

Affected software

CVE-2012-2395 is recorded against 1 package.

  • cobbler (fixed in 2.6.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 7 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
github.com (Package)
lists.opensuse.org (Web)
lists.opensuse.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.osvdb.org (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-77
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
cobbler 2.6.0

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