id: PYSEC-2026-315
published: "2026-06-29T11:50:32.707122Z"
modified: "2026-07-01T20:22:50.475555Z"
aliases:
- CVE-2018-1000226
- GHSA-f88q-22g8-frcg
summary: Cobbler Improper Validation of Security Tokens
details: Cobbler version Verified as present in Cobbler versions 2.6.11+, but code inspection suggests at least 2.0.0+ or possibly even older versions may be vulnerable contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XMLRPC API (/cobbler_api) that can result in Privilege escalation, data manipulation or exfiltration, LDAP credential harvesting. This attack appear to be exploitable via "network connectivity". Taking advantage of improper validation of security tokens in API endpoints. Please note this is a different issue than CVE-2018-10931.
affected:
- package:
    name: cobbler
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/cobbler
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: "0"
    - fixed: 3.0.0
  versions:
  - 0.6.3-2
references:
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000226
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1916
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler
- type: WEB
  url: https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://pypi.org/project/cobbler
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f88q-22g8-frcg
severity:
- type: CVSS_V3
  score: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H