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CVE-2012-5158

Published: Mar 14, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-287
NVD MITRE
4.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 48.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.6.1 does not properly invalidate sessions when the session secret has changed, which allows remote authenticated users to retain access via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:SC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected Products

puppet enterprisepuppet
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
puppetpuppetlabs
On-prem
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
n/an/a
puppetcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka puppet labs
puppetlabscommercialUSDevTools & CIaka puppet, facter

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
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References

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5158
puppetlabs.com

Timeline

Published
Mar 14, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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