What is CVE-2017-1000469?

CVE-2017-1000469 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cobbler Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000469?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cobbler Project

CVE-2017-1000469

Cobbler version up to 2.8.2 is vulnerable to a command injection vulnerability in the "add repo" component resulting in arbitrary code execution as root user.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-01-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.056 (92.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.056 · newest: 0.056 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cobbler Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1845 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000469?: CVE-2017-1000469 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cobbler Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000469?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.