CVE-2012-3865

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/puppet/reports/store.rb in Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, when Delete is enabled in auth.conf, allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary files on the puppet master server via a .. (dot dot) in a node name.

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-2012-3865 is rated Exploit Available (55.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.18%). 2 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-2012-3865

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3865

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 2026-04-07 2.15% 1.18% -0.97%
2 2025-06-05 1.82% 2.15% +0.33%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.82% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3865

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3865

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-3865

GHSA-g89m-3wjw-h857 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: rubygems — Puppet vulnerable to Path Traversal

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-3865

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-3865 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-2012-3865
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3865
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-3865 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): released 5, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3865

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3865

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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 2.7.8 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 2.7.12 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.13 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.14 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.16 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet <= 2.7.17 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 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 2.6.15 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet <= 2.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise <= 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3865

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