CVE-2011-3871

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in --edit mode, uses a predictable file name, which allows local users to run arbitrary Puppet code or trick a user into editing arbitrary files.

Affected products

Puppet Agent: 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 (+15)
Puppetlabs Puppet: 2.7.0, 2.7.1

References

http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46458
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3871
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html

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