What is CVE-2011-4954?

CVE-2011-4954 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cobbler, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-19.

How severe is CVE-2011-4954?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Cobbler

CVE-2011-4954

cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2019-11-19 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cobbler — versions 2011-09-28
Cobblerd Cobbler

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4954 (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4954 (Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/12/10 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-4954?: CVE-2011-4954 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cobbler, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2011-4954?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.