lib/puppet/defaults.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, uses 0644 permissions for last_run_report.yaml, which allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging access to the puppet master server to read this file
Published Aug 6, 2012
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.48%
Description
lib/puppet/defaults.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, uses 0644 permissions for last_run_report.yaml, which allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging access to the puppet master server to read this file.
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
- ≤ 2.5.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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:L/Au:N/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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00481) | 39.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00481) | 37.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 12.83th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866/ 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839135 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8jxj-9r5f-w3m2 Advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/fd44bf5e6d0d360f6a493d663b653c121fa83c3f x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2012-3866.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3866
- https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866-lastrunreportyaml-world-readable
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866/ | 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839135 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8jxj-9r5f-w3m2 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/fd44bf5e6d0d360f6a493d663b653c121fa83c3f | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2012-3866.yml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3866 | ||
| https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866-lastrunreportyaml-world-readable |
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