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CVE-2021-40323 (GCVE-0-2021-40323)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-04 05:37 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:27
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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