CVE-2012-3408

Exp

lib/puppet/network/authstore.rb in Puppet before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, supports use of IP addresses in certnames without warning of potential risks, which might allow remote attackers to spoof an agent by acquiring a previously used IP address.

Published: 2012-08-06 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-3408 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-3408

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3408

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 2025-03-30 0.88% 0.26% -0.62%
2 2025-03-29 0.26% 0.88% +0.62%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3408

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3408

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-3408

GHSA-vxf6-w9mp-95hm · Severity: low · Ecosystem: rubygems — Puppet supports use of IP addresses in certnames without warning of potential risks

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-3408

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2012-3408 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3408
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3408
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-3408 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): ignored 5, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3408

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3408

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet puppet_enterprise < 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet < 2.7.18 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3408

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