puppet: authenticated clients allowed to read arbitrary files from the puppet master
Published Aug 6, 2012
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.91%
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.
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
- 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
- ≤ 2.6.16
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
Configuration 2
- ≤ 2.5.1
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:L/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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.91% (0.01914) | 79.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.91% (0.01914) | 77.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.23% (0.00229) | 43.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00563) | 78.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00563) | 77.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00563) | 74.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 24, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00578) | 74.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.49% (0.00488) | 72.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 75.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 75.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 73.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.65% (0.01649) | 52.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3864/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50014 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3864 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839130 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/10f6cb8969b4d5a933b333ecb01ce3696b1d57d4 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/c3c7462e4066bf3a563987a402bf3ddf278bcd87 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3864
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3864
Change history (0)
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