Access Restriction Bypass Affecting puppet package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.45% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PUPPET-9839641
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed10 Jul 2012

Introduced: 10 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-3867  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 puppet.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream puppet package and not the puppet package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_authority.rb in Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, does not properly restrict the characters in the Common Name field of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), which makes it easier for user-assisted remote attackers to trick administrators into signing a crafted agent certificate via ANSI control sequences.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1