CVE-2015-7224

critical

Published 2017-12-21 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

puppetlabs-mysql 3.1.0 through 3.6.0 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging creation of a database account without a password when a 'mysql_user' user parameter contains a host with a netmask.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

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-2015-7224

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7224

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.6.1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.6.1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.6.1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.6.1-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
puppet	puppetlabs-mysql	`{"startIncluding":"3.1.0","endIncluding":"3.6.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-287

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