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CVE-2012-2395

Cobbler subject to Command Injection

7.5 HighFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

5.54%Up 3.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2012-2395
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2012-2395
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-3869 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2022-3869
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g34c-mg6m-xvxj No score

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.

Record
GHSA-g34c-mg6m-xvxj
Weakness
CWE-77
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-g34c-mg6m-xvxj No score

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.

Record
GHSA-g34c-mg6m-xvxj
Weakness
CWE-77
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:0046-1 No score

Security update for cobbler

This update for cobbler fixes the following issues:

  • Add cobbler-tests subpackage for unit testing for openSUSE/SLE

  • Adds LoadModule definitions for openSUSE/SLE

  • Switch to new refactored auth module.

  • use systemctl to restart cobblerd on logfile rotation (boo#1169207) Mainline logrotate conf file uses already /sbin/service instead of outdated: /etc/init.d/cobblerd

  • Fix cobbler sync for DHCP or DNS (boo#1169553) Fixed mainline by commit 2d6cfe42da

  • Signatures file now uses 'default_autoinstall' which fixes import problem happening with some distributions (boo#1159010)

  • Fix for kernel and initrd detection (boo#1159010)

  • New:

    • For the distro there is now a parameter remote_boot_initrd and remote_boot_kernel ()
    • For the profile there is now a parameter filename for DHCP. (#2280)
    • Signatures for ESXi 6 and 7 (#2308)
    • The hardlink command is now detected more dynamically and thus more error resistant (#2297)
    • HTTPBoot will now work in some cases out of the bug. (#2295)
    • Additional DNS query for a case where the wrong record was queried in the nsupdate system case (#2285)
  • Changes:

    • Enabled a lot of tests, removed some and implemented new. (#2202)
    • Removed not used files from the codebase. (#2302)
    • Exchanged mkisofs to xorrisofs. (#2296)
    • Removed duplicate code. (#2224)
    • Removed unreachable code. (#2223)
    • Snippet creation and deletion now works again via xmlrpc. (#2244)
    • Replace createrepo with createrepo_c. (#2266)
    • Enable Kerberos through having a case sensitive users.conf. (#2272)
  • Bugfixes:

    • General various Bugfixes (#2331, )
    • Makefile usage and commands. (#2344, #2304)
    • Fix the dhcp template. (#2314)
    • Creation of the management classes and gPXE. (#2310)
    • Fix the scm_track module. (#2275, #2279)
    • Fix passing the netdevice parameter correctly to the linuxrc. (#2263)
    • powerstatus from cobbler now works thanks to a wrapper for ipmitool. (#2267)
    • In case the LDAP is used for auth, it now works with ADs. (#2274)
    • Fix passthru authentication. (#2271)
  • Other:

    • Add Codecov. (#2229)
    • Documentation updates. (#2333, #2326, #2305, #2249, #2268)
    • Buildprocess:
      • Recreation and cleanup of Grub2. (#2278)
      • Fix small errors for openSUSE Leap. (#2233)
      • Fix rpmlint errors. (#2237)
      • Maximum compatibility for debbuild package creation. (#2255, #2292, #2242, #2300)
    • Fixes related to our CI Pipeline (#2254, #2269)
    • Internal Code cleanup (#2273, #2270)
  • Breaking Changes:

    • Hash handling in users.digest file. (#2299)
  • Updated to version 3.1.1.

    • Introduce new packaging from upstream
    • Changelog see below
  • New:

    • We are now having a cross-distro specfile which can be build in the OBS (#2220) - before rewritten it was improved by #2144 & #2174
    • Grub Submenu for net-booting machines (#2217)
    • Building the Cent-OS RPMs in Docker (#2190 #2189)
    • Reintroduced manpage build in setup.py (#2185)
    • mgmt_parameters are now passed to the dhcp template (#2182)
    • Using the standard Pyhton3 logger instead of a custom one (#2160 #2139 #2151)
    • Script for converting the settings file from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 (#2154)
    • Docs now inside the repo instead of cobbler.github.io and improved with sphinx (#2117)
  • Changes:

    • The default tftpboot directory is now /var/lib/tftpboot instead of previously /srv/tftpboot (#2220)
    • Distro signatures were adjusted where necessary (#2219 #2134)
    • Removed requirements.txt and placed the requirements in setup.py (#2204)
    • Display only entries in grub which are from the same arch (#2191 #2216)
    • Change the name of the cobbler manpage form cobbler-cli to cobbler back and move it to section 8 (#2188 #2186)
  • Bugfixes:

    • Incremented Version to 3.1.1 from 3.0.1
    • S390 Support was cleaned up (#2207 #2178)
    • PowerPC Support was cleaned up (#2178)
    • Added a missing import while importing a distro with cobbler import (#2201)
    • Fixed a case where a stacktrace would be…
Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:0046-1
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:0058-1 No score

Security update for cobbler

This update for cobbler fixes the following issues:

  • Add cobbler-tests subpackage for unit testing for openSUSE/SLE

  • Adds LoadModule definitions for openSUSE/SLE

  • Switch to new refactored auth module.

  • use systemctl to restart cobblerd on logfile rotation (boo#1169207) Mainline logrotate conf file uses already /sbin/service instead of outdated: /etc/init.d/cobblerd

  • Fix cobbler sync for DHCP or DNS (boo#1169553) Fixed mainline by commit 2d6cfe42da

  • Signatures file now uses 'default_autoinstall' which fixes import problem happening with some distributions (boo#1159010)

  • Fix for kernel and initrd detection (boo#1159010)

  • New:

    • For the distro there is now a parameter remote_boot_initrd and remote_boot_kernel ()
    • For the profile there is now a parameter filename for DHCP. (#2280)
    • Signatures for ESXi 6 and 7 (#2308)
    • The hardlink command is now detected more dynamically and thus more error resistant (#2297)
    • HTTPBoot will now work in some cases out of the bug. (#2295)
    • Additional DNS query for a case where the wrong record was queried in the nsupdate system case (#2285)
  • Changes:

    • Enabled a lot of tests, removed some and implemented new. (#2202)
    • Removed not used files from the codebase. (#2302)
    • Exchanged mkisofs to xorrisofs. (#2296)
    • Removed duplicate code. (#2224)
    • Removed unreachable code. (#2223)
    • Snippet creation and deletion now works again via xmlrpc. (#2244)
    • Replace createrepo with createrepo_c. (#2266)
    • Enable Kerberos through having a case sensitive users.conf. (#2272)
  • Bugfixes:

    • General various Bugfixes (#2331, )
    • Makefile usage and commands. (#2344, #2304)
    • Fix the dhcp template. (#2314)
    • Creation of the management classes and gPXE. (#2310)
    • Fix the scm_track module. (#2275, #2279)
    • Fix passing the netdevice parameter correctly to the linuxrc. (#2263)
    • powerstatus from cobbler now works thanks to a wrapper for ipmitool. (#2267)
    • In case the LDAP is used for auth, it now works with ADs. (#2274)
    • Fix passthru authentication. (#2271)
  • Other:

    • Add Codecov. (#2229)
    • Documentation updates. (#2333, #2326, #2305, #2249, #2268)
    • Buildprocess:
      • Recreation and cleanup of Grub2. (#2278)
      • Fix small errors for openSUSE Leap. (#2233)
      • Fix rpmlint errors. (#2237)
      • Maximum compatibility for debbuild package creation. (#2255, #2292, #2242, #2300)
    • Fixes related to our CI Pipeline (#2254, #2269)
    • Internal Code cleanup (#2273, #2270)
  • Breaking Changes:

    • Hash handling in users.digest file. (#2299)
  • Updated to version 3.1.1.

    • Introduce new packaging from upstream
    • Changelog see below
  • New:

    • We are now having a cross-distro specfile which can be build in the OBS (#2220) - before rewritten it was improved by #2144 & #2174
    • Grub Submenu for net-booting machines (#2217)
    • Building the Cent-OS RPMs in Docker (#2190 #2189)
    • Reintroduced manpage build in setup.py (#2185)
    • mgmt_parameters are now passed to the dhcp template (#2182)
    • Using the standard Pyhton3 logger instead of a custom one (#2160 #2139 #2151)
    • Script for converting the settings file from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 (#2154)
    • Docs now inside the repo instead of cobbler.github.io and improved with sphinx (#2117)
  • Changes:

    • The default tftpboot directory is now /var/lib/tftpboot instead of previously /srv/tftpboot (#2220)
    • Distro signatures were adjusted where necessary (#2219 #2134)
    • Removed requirements.txt and placed the requirements in setup.py (#2204)
    • Display only entries in grub which are from the same arch (#2191 #2216)
    • Change the name of the cobbler manpage form cobbler-cli to cobbler back and move it to section 8 (#2188 #2186)
  • Bugfixes:

    • Incremented Version to 3.1.1 from 3.0.1
    • S390 Support was cleaned up (#2207 #2178)
    • PowerPC Support was cleaned up (#2178)
    • Added a missing import while importing a distro with cobbler import (#2201)
    • Fixed a case where a stacktrace would be…
Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:0058-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10282-1 No score

cobbler-2.6.6-4.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the cobbler-2.6.6-4.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10282-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-792 No score

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.

Record
PYSEC-2026-792
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2012-2395 No score

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2395
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cobbler
PyPI
before 2.6.0
2.6.0
cobbler
PyPI
before 2.6.0, plus listed versions
0.6.3-2
2.6.0
cobbler
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el5
before 0:2.0.7-14.6.el5sat
0:2.0.7-14.6.el5sat
cobbler
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.4::el6
before 0:2.0.7-14.6.el6sat
0:2.0.7-14.6.el6sat
cobbler
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
before 3.1.2-lp152.6.3.1
3.1.2-lp152.6.3.1
cobbler
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP2
before 3.1.2-bp152.4.3.1
3.1.2-bp152.4.3.1
cobbler
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 2.6.6-4.2
2.6.6-4.2

History

History
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affected
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-2395 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Michael Dehaan Cobbler, published June 16, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.54%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in cobbler 2.6.0.

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