---
id: CVE-2021-45082
aliases:
  - GHSA-6cm4-gm85-972c
  - PYSEC-2022-37
title: Command Injection in Cobbler
summary: Command Injection in Cobbler
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
vendor: cobbler
product: cobbler
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - cobbler < 3.3.1
patched:
  - cobbler 3.3.1
published: '2022-02-20'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T03:49:16.868270938Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6cm4-gm85-972c'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45082'
  - url: 'https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/pull/2945'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193678'
  - url: 'https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler'
  - url: 'https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases'
  - url: 'https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases/tag/v3.3.1'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/cobbler/PYSEC-2022-37.yaml
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TEJN7CPW6YCHBFQPFZKGA6AVA6T5NPIW
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z5CSXQE7Q4TVDQJKFYBO4XDH3BZ7BLAR
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZCXMOUW4DH4DYWIJN44SMSU6R3CZDZBE
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00495
epssPercentile: 0.39937
ingestedAt: '2026-09-12T03:13:01.665Z'
---

## Overview

An issue was discovered in Cobbler through 3.3.0. In the templar.py file, the function check_for_invalid_imports can allow Cheetah code to import Python modules via the "#from MODULE import" substring. (Only lines beginning with #import are blocked.)

## Affected packages

- `cobbler < 3.3.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `cobbler 3.3.1`