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CVE-2014-3248· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x b

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2.5.2, when running with Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using (1) rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb, (2) Win32API.rb, (3) Win32API.so, (4) safe_yaml.rb, (5) safe_yaml/deep.rb, or (6) safe_yaml/deep.so; or (7) operatingsystem.rb, (8) operatingsystem.so, (9) osfamily.rb, or (10) osfamily.so in puppet/confine.

MediumCVSS 6.2 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Nov 16, 2014
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 43th percentile
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Action score

24

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
24 / 40 · 6.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
puppetfacter
puppetmarionette collective
puppethiera
puppetpuppet
puppetpuppet enterprise
puppetlabsfacter

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • puppet facter2.0.0
  • puppet facter2.0.1
  • puppet hierabefore 1.3.4
  • puppet marionette collectivebefore 2.5.2
  • puppet puppetbefore 2.7.26
  • puppet puppet3.6.0 and later · before 3.6.2
  • puppet puppet enterprise2.8.0 and later · before 2.8.7
  • puppetlabs facter1.6.0 and later · up to 1.6.18 inclusive

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12facterbefore 2.0.1-12.0.1-1
Debian:12hierabefore 1.3.4-11.3.4-1
Debian:12mcollectivebefore 2.5.2+dfsg-12.5.2+dfsg-1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedrubygem-facterbefore 1.3.4-3.51.3.4-3.5
RubyGemsfacterfrom 2.0.0 · before 2.0.22.0.2
RubyGemsfacterbefore 1.7.61.7.6
RubyGemshierabefore 1.3.41.3.4
RubyGemsmcollective-clientbefore 2.5.22.5.2
RubyGemspuppetfrom 3.0.0 · before 3.6.23.6.2
RubyGemspuppetbefore 2.7.262.7.26

Same product

puppet: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2015-1426Puppet Labs Facter 1.6.0 through 2.4.0 allows local users to obtains sensitive Amazon EC2 IAM instance metadata by reading a fact for an Ama
    8Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:facter2.0.1-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:hiera1.3.4-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:mcollective2.5.2+dfsg-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:rubygem-facter1.3.4-3.5 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
RubyGems:facter1.7.6Package registry (OSV)
RubyGems:facter2.0.2Package registry (OSV)
RubyGems:hiera1.3.4Package registry (OSV)
RubyGems:mcollective-client2.5.2Package registry (OSV)
RubyGems:puppet2.7.26Package registry (OSV)
RubyGems:puppet3.6.2Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
High
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-17 · DEPRECATED: Code

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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