puppet: Puppet uses predictable filenames, allowing arbitrary file overwrite
Published May 29, 2012
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
Description
Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.
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
- 2.6.14
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
- 2.7.11
- 2.5.0
- 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 OpenStack Platform 16.1
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1
puppet
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 26.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 26.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 17.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48789 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1906 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236311 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74793 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c4mc-49hq-q275 Advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/f7829ec1f1b2c3def8e0eda09c22c3c1fed3a27f
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2012-1906.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1906
- https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120415105345/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1906
- https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.