GHSA-6xxq-j39w-g3f6 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Puppet Arbitrary Command Execution
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 agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1988 is rated Moderate Risk (55.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.63%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.14% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 0.49% | 2.63% | +2.14% |
| 2 | 2025-06-05 | 0.43% | 0.49% | +0.06% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.43% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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6.8 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-6xxq-j39w-g3f6 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Puppet Arbitrary Command Execution
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2012-1988 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-2012-1988 |
gentoo
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high | CVE-2012-1988: 1 GLSA(s) (201208-02), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/puppet); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-1988 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1988 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2012-1988 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-2012-1988 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| puppet | puppet | >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.15 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet | >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.13 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | >= 1.2.0, < 2.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 15 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 16 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 17 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.10 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |