puppet: Directory traversal attack by processing certain x509 certificate signing requests
Published Oct 27, 2011
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.11%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.6.0
- 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
- 2.7.2
- 2.7.3
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1
puppet
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 | puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.11% (0.01115) | 64.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.11% (0.01115) | 61.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.57% (0.00570) | 66.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00576) | 78.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00576) | 77.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00576) | 74.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00033.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3848/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46628 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1217-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3848 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742174 Issue Tracking
- https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/e57ce2740feb9406 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3848
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3848 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3848
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00033.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3848/ | ||
| http://secunia.com/advisories/46628 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1217-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3848 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742174 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/e57ce2740feb9406 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3848 | ||
| https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3848 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3848 |
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