puppet: Filebucket arbitrary file read
Published May 29, 2012
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.47%
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 allows remote authenticated users with an authorized SSL key and certain permissions on the puppet master to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack in conjunction with a crafted REST request for a file in a filebucket.
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.
CloudForms for RHEL 6
converge-ui-devel-0:1.0.4-1.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
CloudForms for RHEL 6
puppet-0:2.6.17-2.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
CloudForms for RHEL 6
rubygem-actionpack-1:3.0.10-10.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
CloudForms for RHEL 6
rubygem-activerecord-1:3.0.10-6.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
CloudForms for RHEL 6
rubygem-activesupport-1:3.0.10-4.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
CloudForms for RHEL 6
rubygem-chunky_png-0:1.2.0-3.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
CloudForms for RHEL 6
rubygem-compass-0:0.11.5-2.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
CloudForms for RHEL 6
rubygem-compass-960-plugin-0:0.10.4-2.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
CloudForms for RHEL 6
rubygem-delayed_job-0:2.1.4-2.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
CloudForms for RHEL 6
rubygem-ldap_fluff-0:0.1.3-1.el6_3
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
CloudForms for RHEL 6
rubygem-mail-0:2.3.0-3.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
CloudForms for RHEL 6
rubygem-net-ldap-0:0.1.1-3.el6cf
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1542
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1
puppet
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | converge-ui-devel-0:1.0.4-1.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | puppet-0:2.6.17-2.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | rubygem-actionpack-1:3.0.10-10.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | rubygem-activerecord-1:3.0.10-6.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | rubygem-activesupport-1:3.0.10-4.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | rubygem-chunky_png-0:1.2.0-3.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | rubygem-compass-0:0.11.5-2.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | rubygem-compass-960-plugin-0:0.10.4-2.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | rubygem-delayed_job-0:2.1.4-2.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | rubygem-ldap_fluff-0:0.1.3-1.el6_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | rubygem-mail-0:2.3.0-3.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| CloudForms for RHEL 6 | rubygem-net-ldap-0:0.1.1-3.el6cf | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1542 |
| 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:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/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 | 1.47% (0.01470) | 72.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.47% (0.01470) | 70.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.35% (0.00347) | 55.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00248) | 65.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00248) | 63.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00248) | 61.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00255) | 61.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 80.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 79.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 57.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13511 x_refsource_MISC
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1986/ 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://secunia.com/advisories/49136 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-2012-1986 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810069 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74794 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1986
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1986
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.