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CVE-2009-5021

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-12-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Cobbler before 1.6.1 does not properly determine whether an installation has the default password, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain access by using this password.

Affected products

• Michael Dehaan Cobbler: through 1.4.3-4; 0.1.1.7, 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.2.3, 0.2.5, 0.2.7 (+52)

References

• http://people.fedoraproject.org/~shenson/cobbler/cobbler-2.0.8.tar.gz
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64734
• http://people.fedoraproject.org/~shenson/cobbler/cobbler-2.0.8.tar.gz
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64734

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