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CVE-2012-1988

Puppet Arbitrary Command Execution

6.0 MediumFix available

CVE-2012-1988 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Puppet, published April 13, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.60%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in puppet 2.6.15.

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

Exploit likelihood

2.60%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.0

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

Record
CVE-2012-1988
CVSS 2.0
6.0 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

Record
CVE-2012-1988
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-2885 No score

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

Record
EUVD-2022-2885
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6xxq-j39w-g3f6 No score

Puppet Arbitrary Command Execution

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

Record
GHSA-6xxq-j39w-g3f6
Weakness
CWE-77, CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

Record
CVE-2012-1988
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1988 No score

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1988
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-6xxq-j39w-g3f6 No score

Puppet Arbitrary Command Execution

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

Record
GHSA-6xxq-j39w-g3f6
Weakness
CWE-77, CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
puppet
RubyGems
2.6.0 up to 2.6.15
2.6.15
puppet
RubyGems
2.7.0 up to 2.7.13
2.7.13
puppet
Debian:11
before 2.7.13-1
2.7.13-1
puppet
Debian:6.0
before 2.6.2-5+squeeze5, plus listed versions
2.6.2-42.6.2-52.6.2-5+squeeze12.6.2-5+squeeze32.6.2-5+squeeze4
2.6.2-5+squeeze5
puppet
RubyGems
2.6.0 up to 2.6.15, plus listed versions
2.6.12.6.102.6.112.6.122.6.13
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2.6.142.6.22.6.32.6.42.6.52.6.62.6.72.6.82.6.9
2.6.15
puppet
RubyGems
2.7.0 up to 2.7.13, plus listed versions
2.7.12.7.112.7.122.7.32.7.4
Show 4 moreShow less
2.7.52.7.62.7.82.7.9
2.7.13

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

References

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