CVE-2011-3871
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-4604)
- Published
- October 27, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-4604 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppetlabs / puppet
- puppetlabs / puppet
References
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.html(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46458(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3871
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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