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Critical severity9.8OSV Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-47533

CVE-2024-47533

Description

Cobbler, a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments, has an improper authentication vulnerability starting in version 3.0.0 and prior to versions 3.2.3 and 3.3.7. utils.get_shared_secret() always returns -1, which allows anyone to connect to cobbler XML-RPC as user '' password -1 and make any changes. This gives anyone with network access to a cobbler server full control of the server. Versions 3.2.3 and 3.3.7 fix the issue.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
cobblerPyPI
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.73.3.7
cobblerPyPI
>= 3.0.0, < 3.2.33.2.3

Affected products

41

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