Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-3864
CVE-2012-3864
Description
Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files on the puppet master server by leveraging an arbitrary user's certificate and private key in a GET request.
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Affected products
37cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 34 more
- cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.6.16
- cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.5.1
- (no CPE)range: <2.5.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/10f6cb8969b4d5a933b333ecb01ce3696b1d57d4nvdExploitPatch
- github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/c3c7462e4066bf3a563987a402bf3ddf278bcd87nvdExploitPatch
- puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3864/nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/50014nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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