CVE-2015-1029

The puppetlabs-stdlib module 2.1 through 3.0 and 4.1.0 through 4.5.x before 4.5.1 for Puppet 2.8.8 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information by prepopulating the fact cache.

Published: 2015-01-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1029 is rated Moderate Risk (52.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.62%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1029

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 0.43% 1.62% +1.19%
2 2026-03-22 0.31% 0.43% +0.12%
3 2026-02-18 0.31%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1029

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1029

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1029

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-1029 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet-module-puppetlabs-stdlib), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1029
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-1029 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet-module-puppetlabs-stdlib), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 6, not-affected 4, DNE 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1029

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1029

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet stdlib 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
puppet stdlib 4.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:stdlib:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1029

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