Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 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.
Affected products
35cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 30 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
210f6cb8969b4https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetvia nvd-ref
c3c7462e4066https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetvia nvd-ref
Vulnerability mechanics
Synthesis attempt was rejected by the grounding validator. Re-run pending.
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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