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CVE-2011-0528

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0528 describes an access restriction vulnerability in Puppet versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.3. This flaw allows authenticated Puppet nodes to read or modify resources belonging to other nodes through unspecified means. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (medium severity), it has a low attack complexity and requires authentication, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.5MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0165 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 21,924 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: puppetFixed in: 2.6.4

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-9pvx-fwwh-w289medium

Puppet does not properly restrict access to node resources

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2011-0528

CVE-2011-0528

References

mail-archive.com / puppet-users%40googlegroups.com/msg16429.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/01/27/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/5
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1365-1