Puppet 2.6.13 group ID handling issues
Published May 29, 2012
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
The change_user method in the SUIDManager (lib/puppet/util/suidmanager.rb) in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly manage group privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to (1) the change_user not dropping supplementary groups in certain conditions, (2) changes to the eguid without associated changes to the egid, or (3) the addition of the real gid to supplementary groups.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 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
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.13
Configuration 2
- 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
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
Configuration 3
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 1.0
- 1.1
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:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 | 0.38% (0.00384) | 30.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00384) | 30.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (30)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457 x_refsource_MISC
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458 x_refsource_MISC
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459 x_refsource_MISC
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48157 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48161 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48166 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48290 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.osvdb.org/79495 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1053 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791001 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73445 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37 Advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/76d0749f0a9a496b70e7dc7e6d6d6ff692224e36
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1053
- https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120504011717/http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120513215447/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120513215653/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120513223437/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120527071855/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120816020421/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1053
- https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419
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