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CVE-2024-27294: dp-golang Go installation could be owned by wrong user

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

dp-golang is a Puppet module for Go installations. Prior to 1.2.7, dp-golang could install files — including the compiler binary — with the wrong ownership when Puppet was run as root and the installed package was On macOS: Go version 1.4.3 through 1.21rc3, inclusive, go1.4-bootstrap-20170518.tar.gz, or go1.4-bootstrap-20170531.tar.gz. The user and group specified in Puppet code were ignored for files within the archive. dp-puppet version 1.2.7 will recreate installations if the owner or group of any file or directory within that installation does not match the requested owner or group

Affected products

• danielparks puppet-golang: before 1.2.7 — fixed in 1.2.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: danielparks puppet-golang 1.2.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/danielparks/puppet-golang/commit/1d0865b24071cb1c00d2fd8cb755d444e6e8f888
• https://github.com/danielparks/puppet-golang/commit/870724a7fef50208515da7bbfa9dfd5d6950e7f5
• https://github.com/danielparks/puppet-golang/security/advisories/GHSA-8h8m-h98f-vv84
• https://github.com/danielparks/puppet-golang/commit/1d0865b24071cb1c00d2fd8cb755d444e6e8f888
• https://github.com/danielparks/puppet-golang/commit/870724a7fef50208515da7bbfa9dfd5d6950e7f5
• https://github.com/danielparks/puppet-golang/security/advisories/GHSA-8h8m-h98f-vv84

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