ganeti — security advisory
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the iallocator framework in Ganeti 1.2.4 through 1.2.8, 2.0.0 through 2.0.4, and 2.1.0 before 2.1.0~rc2 allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a crafted external script name supplied through the HTTP remote API (RAPI) and allow (2) local users to execute arbitrary programs and gain privileges via a crafted external script name supplied through a gnt-* command, related to "path sanitization errors."
- Products
- ganeti
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.0.5-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2009-4261
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the iallocator framework in Ganeti 1.2.4 through 1.2.8, 2.0.0 through 2.0.4, and 2.1.0 before 2.1.0~rc2 allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a crafted external script name supplied through the HTTP remote API (RAPI) and allow (2) local users to execute arbitrary programs and gain privileges via a crafted external script name supplied through a gnt-* command, related to "path sanitization errors."
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4261
ganeti
Fixed versions: 2.0.5-1
ganeti
Fixed versions: 2.0.5-1
Complete source record
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