CVE-2015-7328

Puppet Server in Puppet Enterprise before 3.8.x before 3.8.3 and 2015.2.x before 2015.2.3 uses world-readable permissions for the private key of the Certification Authority (CA) certificate during the initial installation and configuration, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-01-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-7328 is rated Low Risk (21.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7328

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 0.03% 0.17% +0.15%
2 2025-03-30 0.05% 0.03% -0.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-7328

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.7 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.0 3.6 [email protected]
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-7328

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-7328

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2015-7328 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7328
suse low — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7328/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-7328 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7328

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-7328

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet puppet_enterprise 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 3.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2015.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2015.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2015.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-7328

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