CVE-2021-40323
Cobbler before 3.3.0 allows log poisoning, and resultant Remote Code Execution, via an XMLRPC method that logs to the logfile for template injection.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 86.8%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Cobbler before 3.3.0 allows log poisoning, and resultant Remote Code Execution, via an XMLRPC method that logs to the logfile for template injection.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 86.83% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- cobbler project/cobbler
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 86.8% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/d8f60bbf14a838c8c8a1dba98086b223e35fe70aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases/tag/v3.3.0Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/d8f60bbf14a838c8c8a1dba98086b223e35fe70aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases/tag/v3.3.0Product, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.