CVE-2012-5158

Published: Mar 14, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-287

4.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

commercial·USaka puppet labs

puppet enterpriseOn-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / ci-cd

puppetlabs

commercial·USaka puppet, facter

puppetOn-prem

DevTools & CI / build-test-tools

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

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References

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

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