puppet: authenticated clients allowed to delete arbitrary files on the puppet master
Published Aug 6, 2012
3.5
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.88%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/puppet/reports/store.rb in Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, when Delete is enabled in auth.conf, allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary files on the puppet master server via a .. (dot dot) in a node name.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.7.2
- 2.7.3
- 2.7.4
- 2.7.5
- 2.7.6
- 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
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
Configuration 2
- 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
- ≤ 2.6.16
Configuration 3
- ≤ 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:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01882) | 78.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01882) | 76.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.82% (0.01821) | 81.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.77% (0.05769) | 83.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.82% (0.01821) | 81.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.94% (0.00937) | 83.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2024 | 0.94% (0.00937) | 82.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 24, 2023 | 1.12% (0.01121) | 82.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00947) | 80.77th | 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 (16)
- 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-2012-3865/ 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-2012-3865 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839131 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g89m-3wjw-h857 Advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/554eefc55f57ed2b76e5ee04d8f194d36f6ee67f x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/d80478208d79a3e6d6cb1fbc525e24817fe8c4c6 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/CVE-2012-3865.yml
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2012-3865.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3865
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3865
- https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/overview-cve-2012-3865-arbitrary-file-delete/dos-puppet-master
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.