Security advisory

{
  "id": "6c1254797d34a2a338c21a7bb9b29f1687ee500a6a93b43fa448a12d658a6a25",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40323",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-40323",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-40323",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-40323",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-40323",
        "GHSA-cpqf-3c3r-c9g2",
        "PYSEC-2021-373"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d8f60bbf14a838c8c8a1dba98086b223e35fe70a"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "d8f60bbf14a838c8c8a1dba98086b223e35fe70a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:cobbler_project:cobbler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.3.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "d8f60bbf14a838c8c8a1dba98086b223e35fe70a"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "d8f60bbf14a838c8c8a1dba98086b223e35fe70a"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v3.3.0"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.2.1",
            "v3.2.0",
            "v3.1.1",
            "v3.1.0",
            "v3.0.1",
            "v3.0.0",
            "v2.2.1-1",
            "cobbler-2.2.1-1",
            "v2.2.0-1",
            "cobbler-2.2.0-1",
            "v2.1.0",
            "v2.0.3.2-1",
            "cobbler-2.0.3.2-1",
            "v2.0.3.1",
            "v2.0.3",
            "v2.0.2-1",
            "v1.4.0-2",
            "v1.2.9",
            "v1.2.8-1",
            "v1.2.6",
            "v1.2.5",
            "v1.2.2",
            "v1.2.1-1",
            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.0.1",
            "v1.0.0",
            "v0.8.3-3",
            "v0.8.3-2",
            "v0.8.2",
            "v0.8.1",
            "v0.6.5",
            "0.6.5",
            "v0.6.4",
            "v0.6.3-2",
            "v0.6.2-2",
            "v0.6.1-2",
            "v0.6.0",
            "0.6.0",
            "v0.5.1",
            "v0.4.8",
            "v0.4.7",
            "v0.4.6",
            "v0.4.5",
            "v0.4.4",
            "v0.4.3",
            "v0.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-40323.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:54.624184352Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases/tag/v3.3.0",
        "https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/d8f60bbf14a838c8c8a1dba98086b223e35fe70a"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-40323",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384746,
  "published_at": "2021-10-04T06:15:07.187+00:00"
}