PYSEC-2026-793

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Cobbler vulnerable to code injection via unsafe YAML loading

view advisory published 2026-07-06Licence: CC-BY-4.0

The `set_mgmt_parameters` function in item.py in cobbler before 2.2.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the use of the `yaml.load` function instead of the `yaml.safe_load function`, as demonstrated using Puppet.

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CVE-2011-4953USmedium6.8—
The set_mgmt_parameters function in item.py in cobbler before 2.2.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the use of the yaml.load fun…
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