Cyber Resilience

CVE-2018-10931

Redhat Satellite 5.6 … 5.8

High EPSS
Published
09 August 2018
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.68 99.2th percentile
Risk Priority 95 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2018-10931 is a critical-severity Exposed Dangerous Method or Function (CWE-749) vulnerability in Redhat Satellite. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

It was found that cobbler 2.6.x exposed all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface class over XMLRPC. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to gain high privileges within cobbler, upload files to arbitrary location in the context of the daemon.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Accessconfidence: HIGH
Unauthenticated remote exploitation of exposed XML-RPC functions directly enables initial access via a public-facing application.
T1505.003 Web Shell Persistenceconfidence: HIGH
Arbitrary file upload capability allows deployment of a web shell on the server.
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalationconfidence: HIGH
Gaining high privileges within the Cobbler daemon constitutes exploitation for privilege escalation.
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer Command And Controlconfidence: HIGH
The flaw permits remote upload of files, matching ingress tool transfer.
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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CVE-2023-4320Same product: Redhat Satellite
CVE-2021-40323Same product: Cobbler Project Cobbler
CVE-2024-7012Same product: Redhat Satellite
CVE-2023-0119Same product: Redhat Satellite
CVE-2023-5189Same product: Redhat Satellite
CVE-2026-0980Same product: Redhat Satellite

Affected Assets

cobbler project
cobbler
2.6.0 — 2.6.11
redhat
satellite
5.6, 5.7, 5.8

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 4 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V8.2.1

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-749

Explicitly prohibiting dangerous or unnecessary functions and services prevents exposure of methods that could be directly exploited.

addresses: CWE-749

Minimal functionality removes or avoids exposure of dangerous methods and functions.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 full match
prevents

Enforcing least-privilege authorization directly prevents unrestricted dangerous API methods.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices stop developers from exposing dangerous functions in the first place.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification processes will surface exposed dangerous methods during assessment.

PR.IR-01 partial match
prevents

Logical access controls at the network/environment layer can limit reachability of exposed functions.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing can detect exposed dangerous functions, but does not prevent their initial introduction.

degrades

Restricting privileged utility programs reduces exposure of dangerous functions, but does not eliminate the underlying weakness.

prevents

Privileged access rights limit who can invoke dangerous methods, but do not address whether the method itself should exist.

prevents

Secure development life cycle requires removal or protection of dangerous APIs during design and coding.

prevents

Application security requirements can mandate that dangerous methods are not exposed in interfaces.

prevents

Secure architecture principles discourage exposing dangerous functions, but do not guarantee their absence.

References