{"id":"PYSEC-2026-793","summary":"Cobbler vulnerable to code injection via unsafe YAML loading","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2011-4953","GHSA-hpj3-5p46-g87w"],"modified":"2026-07-07T11:45:43.810494422Z","published":"2026-07-06T08:03:25.826275Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4953"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/1b4f9ecf051422eb8512794701900f6199651442"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/cobbler/+bug/858883"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757062"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00019.html"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/cobbler"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hpj3-5p46-g87w"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cobbler","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/cobbler"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.0"}]}],"versions":["0.6.3-2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/cobbler/PYSEC-2026-793.yaml"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}