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CVE-2011-3871
Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in --edit mode, uses a predictable file name, which allows local…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.34%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in --edit mode, uses a predictable file name, which allows local users to run arbitrary Puppet code or trick a user into editing arbitrary files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemspuppetGHSA-mpmx-gm5v-q789 (opens in a new tab)
References (9)
- FEDORA-2011-13633 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-13623 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-2314 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 46458 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3871 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-13636 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1223-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1223-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mpmx-gm5v-q789 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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