CVE-2015-1426

Puppet Labs Facter 1.6.0 through 2.4.0 allows local users to obtains sensitive Amazon EC2 IAM instance metadata by reading a fact for an Amazon EC2 node.

Published: 2015-02-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-1426 is rated Low Risk (18.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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-2015-1426

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 0.06% 0.35% +0.29%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1426

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1426

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-1426

GHSA-j436-h7hm-rx46 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: rubygems — Puppet Labs Facter allows local users to obtain sensitive Amazon EC2 IAM instance metadata

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1426

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-1426 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (facter), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1426
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1426
ubuntu low CVE-2015-1426 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (facter), 27 status rows across 27 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lucid, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 17, ignored 8, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1426

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1426

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet facter 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.13 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.14 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.15 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.17 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.6.18 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.6.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.7.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.7.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.7.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 1.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:1.7.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet facter 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.13 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.14 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.15 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.17 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.6.18 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 1.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs facter 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1426

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