CVE-2012-1986

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 allows remote authenticated users with an authorized SSL key and certain permissions on the puppet master to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack in conjunction with a crafted REST request for a file in a filebucket.

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-2012-1986 is rated Low Risk (34.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.47%). EPSS rose +1.10% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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-2012-1986

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 0.37% 1.47% +1.10%
2 2025-06-05 0.30% 0.37% +0.07%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1986

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1986

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1986

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-1986 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-2012-1986
gentoo high CVE-2012-1986: 1 GLSA(s) (201208-02), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/puppet); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-1986
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1986
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1986 medium 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-2012-1986

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1986

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-2012-1986

URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13511
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1986/ Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48789 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49136 Vendor Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74794
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
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