Improper authentication in Cobbler - CVE-2024-47533

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Improper authentication in Cobbler - CVE-2024-47533

Published: November 21, 2024 / Updated: August 22, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU100775
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47533
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the authentication process within the utils.get_shared_secret(), which always returns the "-1" value and as a result allows anyone to connect to the XML-RPC interface as user `''` password "-1". A remote attacker can bypass authentication process and perform arbitrary changes in the application.


Affected software

Cobbler
Fedora
openEuler
cobbler
cobbler-web
cobbler3.2

How to mitigate CVE-2024-47533

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cobbler - addressed in versions 3.2.3, 3.3.7
cobbler - addressed in versions 3.2.0-4, 3.2.0-5
cobbler-web - addressed in versions 3.2.0-4, 3.2.0-5
cobbler3.2 - addressed in versions 3.2.3-1.el8, 3.2.3-1.el9
cobbler - addressed in versions 3.3.7-1.el9, 3.3.7-1.fc39, 3.3.7-1.fc40, 3.3.7-1.fc41

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