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CVE-2012-3864: puppet

CVSS: 4.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-3864
Published 06-08-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3864 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) vulnerability in puppet. EPSS estimates a 1.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.91%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-2511-1

Timeline

  1. 06-08-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files on the puppet master server by leveraging an arbitrary user's certificate and private key in a GET request.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.91%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.91% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.91%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Puppet

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Puppet2 products
  • puppet2.6.0 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.9 | 2.6.10 | 2.6.11 | 2.6.12 | 2.6.13 | 2.6.14 | 2.6.15 | 2.7.2 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.4 | 2.7.5 | 2.7.6 | 2.7.7 | 2.7.8 | 2.7.9 | 2.7.10 | 2.7.11 | 2.7.12 | 2.7.13 | 2.7.14 | 2.7.16 | 2.7.17
  • puppet_enterprise≤ 2.5.1
Debian1 product
  • puppet< 2.7.18-1
Puppetlabs1 product
  • puppet≤ 2.6.16 | 2.7.0 | 2.7.1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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