VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-1988
CVSS score6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-05-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.
Weakness classification
- CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory