puppet-swift: installs config file with world readable permissions
Published Apr 26, 2018
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.11%
Description
puppet-swift before versions 8.2.1, 9.4.4 is vulnerable to an information-disclosure in Red Hat OpenStack Platform director's installation of Object Storage (swift). During installation, the Puppet script responsible for deploying the service incorrectly removes and recreates the proxy-server.conf file with world-readable permissions.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Puppet-Swift Defaultn/a
- Version puppet-swift 8.2.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version puppet-swift 9.4.4StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Puppet-Swift | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
- ≥ 8.0.0 · < 8.2.1
- ≥ 9.0.0 · < 9.4.4
No data.
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton)
puppet-swift-0:9.4.3-3.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0200
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)
openstack-puppet-modules-1:7.1.5-2.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0361
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)
openstack-puppet-modules-1:8.1.10-2.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0359
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
openstack-puppet-modules
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata)
puppet-swift
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton) | puppet-swift-0:9.4.3-3.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0200 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | openstack-puppet-modules-1:7.1.5-2.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0361 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka) | openstack-puppet-modules-1:8.1.10-2.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0359 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) | openstack-puppet-modules | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) | puppet-swift | Not affected | 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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.11% (0.01111) | 64.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.17% (0.01167) | 63.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.18% (0.00183) | 37.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00120) | 47.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00120) | 45.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00101) | 40.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 44.77th | 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 (9)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0200.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0359.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0361.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95448 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9590 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410293 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9590 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9590
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9590
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0200.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0359.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0361.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95448 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9590 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410293 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9590 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9590 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9590 |
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