CVE-2011-3848
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows...
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.
- Record
CVE-2011-3848- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.
- Record
CVE-2011-3848- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-3805 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.
- Record
EUVD-2011-3805- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fg2j-w8mh-wrmp No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows...
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.
- Record
GHSA-fg2j-w8mh-wrmp- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.
- Record
CVE-2011-3848- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2011-3848 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3848- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10581-1 No score
ruby2.2-rubygem-puppet-3.8.7-2.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ruby2.2-rubygem-puppet-3.8.7-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10581-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-3848 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Puppet, published September 29, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.11%, the 66th percentile. Fixed in puppet 2.7.3-2.
References
debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00033.html
groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/e57ce2740feb9406
puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3848
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1217-1
secunia.com/advisories/46628
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3848
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fg2j-w8mh-wrmp
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3848
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3848