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CVE-2015-1426

Puppet 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 Amazon EC2 node.

Published: Feb 23, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-200
NVD MITRE
2.1CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 73.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Puppet Labs Facter allows local users to obtain sensitive Amazon EC2 IAM instance metadata

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

facterRubyGemsOSS Libraries
n/an/a
facterpuppet
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
facterpuppetlabs
On-prem
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
rubygemspackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
puppetcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka puppet labs
puppetlabscommercialUSDevTools & CIaka puppet, facter

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1426
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter
github.com
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/facter/CVE-2015-1426.yml
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Feb 23, 2015
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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