CVE-2011-3848

Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.

Published: 2011-10-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-3848 is rated Moderate Risk (42.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.11%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-3848

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.43% 1.11% +0.68%
2 2025-06-27 0.60% 0.43% -0.17%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.60% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-3848

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-3848

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-3848

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2011-3848 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3848
gentoo high CVE-2011-3848: 1 GLSA(s) (201203-03), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/puppet); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-3848
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3848
ubuntu high CVE-2011-3848 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 5 status rows across 5 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): released 3, ignored 1, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3848

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-3848

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet puppet 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-3848

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