puppet: Ruby modules could be loaded from the current working directory
Published Nov 16, 2014
6.2
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.54%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2.5.2, when running with Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using (1) rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb, (2) Win32API.rb, (3) Win32API.so, (4) safe_yaml.rb, (5) safe_yaml/deep.rb, or (6) safe_yaml/deep.so; or (7) operatingsystem.rb, (8) operatingsystem.so, (9) osfamily.rb, or (10) osfamily.so in puppet/confine.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.1
- ≥ 1.6.0 · ≤ 1.6.18
Configuration 2
- < 2.5.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3
puppet
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat Satellite 6
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
ruby193-puppet
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 | puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | ruby193-puppet | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of Puppet, Mcollective, Facter, or Hiera as shipped with various Red Hat Enterprise products as they all run on top of Ruby 1.9.3 or later.
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:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 43.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 40.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.17% (0.00171) | 35.98th | 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 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/ x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical Description
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59197 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIATechnical Description
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59200 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIATechnical Description
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68035 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3248 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101346 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-92v7-pq4h-58j5 Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/facter/CVE-2014-3248.yml
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/hiera/CVE-2014-3248.yml
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/mcollective-client/CVE-2014-3248.yml
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2014-3248.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3248
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141129061319/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68035
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150204183209/http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150907182402/http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3248
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