CVE-2012-1988

medium
Published 2022-05-14 · Modified 2024-12-03
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.0
VIR risk
6.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1988

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/49136

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/48789

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/48748

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/48743

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1988/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13518

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu11.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu11.10affected
debian debian6.0affected
debian debian7.0affected
fedora fedora15affected
fedora fedora16affected
fedora fedora17affected
debian debianbullseyefixed2.7.13-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemspuppet!< 2.6.0||<~> 2.6.15~> 2.6.15
ruby RubyGemspuppet>=2.6.0,<2.6.152.6.15
ruby RubyGemspuppet>=2.7.0,<2.7.132.7.13

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
puppetpuppet{"startIncluding":"2.6.0","endExcluding":"2.6.15"}2.6.15
puppetpuppet_enterprise{"startIncluding":"1.2.0","endExcluding":"2.5.1"}2.5.1
puppetpuppet_enterprise1.0
puppetpuppet_enterprise1.1

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.