CVE-2012-1906

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.

Published: 2012-05-29 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2012-1906 is rated Low Risk (19.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1906

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 1.28% 0.04% -1.24%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.28% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1906

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1906

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-1906

GHSA-c4mc-49hq-q275 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Puppet uses predictable filenames, allowing arbitrary file overwrite

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1906

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-1906 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-2012-1906
gentoo high CVE-2012-1906: 1 GLSA(s) (201208-02), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/puppet); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-1906
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1906
ubuntu negligible CVE-2012-1906 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): released 3, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1906

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1906

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 2.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.13 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.6.14 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.9 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.10 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.11 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet_enterprise_users 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet_enterprise_users 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1906

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