CVE-2021-45083

HIGH

Cobbler < 3.3.1 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via World-Readable Configuration Files

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Cobbler before 3.3.1. Files in /etc/cobbler are world readable. Two of those files contain some sensitive information that can be exposed to a local user who has non-privileged access to the server. The users.digest file contains the sha2-512 digest of users in a Cobbler local installation. In the case of an easy-to-guess password, it's trivial to obtain the plaintext string. The settings.yaml file contains secrets such as the hashed default password.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases
Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/18/3
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193671

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (5)
cobbler_project/cobbler < 3.3.1
fedoraproject/fedora 34
fedoraproject/fedora 35
fedoraproject/fedora 36
pypi/cobbler 0 - 3.3.1PyPI
Published Feb 20, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026