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CVE-2012-1988

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1988 describes a command injection vulnerability affecting Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and various Puppet Enterprise versions. Authenticated attackers with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the Puppet master can execute arbitrary commands by crafting a file path with shell metacharacters during a filebucket request. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.0, indicating a medium severity due to network access, medium attack complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.2.0, < 2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0263 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 1,425 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-mail-0:2.3.0-3.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-net-ldap-0:0.1.1-3.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: converge-ui-devel-0:1.0.4-1.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: puppet-0:2.6.17-2.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-actionpack-1:3.0.10-10.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-activerecord-1:3.0.10-6.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-activesupport-1:3.0.10-4.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-chunky_png-0:1.2.0-3.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-compass-0:0.11.5-2.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-compass-960-plugin-0:0.10.4-2.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-delayed_job-0:2.1.4-2.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms for RHEL 6Fixed in: rubygem-ldap_fluff-0:0.1.3-1.el6_3
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rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: puppetFixed in: 2.6.15
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: puppetFixed in: 2.7.13
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1Fixed in: puppet

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-6xxq-j39w-g3f6medium

Puppet Arbitrary Command Execution

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-1988Moderate

puppet: Filebucket arbitrary code execution

Apr 10, 2012

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
projects.puppetlabs.com / issues/13518
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
projects.puppetlabs.com / projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes
Broken Link
puppetlabs.com / security/cve/cve-2012-1988
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48743
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48748
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48789
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49136
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74796
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
hermes.opensuse.org / messages/14523305
Broken Link
hermes.opensuse.org / messages/15087408
Broken Link
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1419-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2451
Third Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 81309
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/52975
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry