Unspecified vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys to (1) cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a REST request to a stream that triggers a thread block, as demonstrated using CVE-2012-1986 and /dev/random; or (2) cause a denial of service (filesystem consumption) via crafted REST requests that use "a marshaled form of a Puppet::FileBucket::File object" to write to arbitrary file locations.
CVE-2012-1987
Also known asEUVD-2022-5284 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EchelonGraph score
- Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
- EG Score
- —
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS PROB
- 2.5%
- EPSS %ILE
- 84th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
- EG Severity
- Not assessed: no CVSS publishedA missing CVSS is not a severity of zero.
- EG Likelihood
- 2.5% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-31). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- No SSVC decision: EchelonGraph has not assessed this CVECISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the BOD 26-04 block below.
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
May 29, 2012
Last Modified
August 6, 2024
References (19)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74794VDB Entry · Third Party Advisory
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1987/Broken Link · Vendor Advisory
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13552Broken Link · Vendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1Vendor Advisory · Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.htmlVendor Advisory · Broken Link
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305Vendor Advisory · Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory · Broken Link · Third-party advisory (tagged Vendor Advisory by NVD)
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1987/hotfixes/Broken Link · Vendor Advisory
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15Broken Link
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.htmlVendor Advisory · Broken Link
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.htmlVendor Advisory · Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49136 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory · Broken Link · Third-party advisory (tagged Vendor Advisory by NVD)
- http://www.osvdb.org/81308 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)VDB Entry · Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)VDB Entry · Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory · Broken Link · Third-party advisory (tagged Vendor Advisory by NVD)
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451Vendor Advisory · Mailing List · Third Party Advisory
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13553Broken Link · Vendor Advisory
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408Vendor Advisory · Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48789 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory · Broken Link · Third-party advisory (tagged Vendor Advisory by NVD)
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2012-1987(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | puppet-common (2.7.1-1ubuntu3.6) @ oneiric | 2026-10-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | rubygem-net-ldap-0:0.1.1-3.el6cf | 2012-12-04 | redhat |
| rubygems | puppet @ 2.6.15 (fixes >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.15) | — | ghsa |
| rubygems | puppet @ 2.7.13 (fixes >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.13) | — | ghsa |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| puppet | — |
| — |
Debian:6.0(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| puppet | 2.6.2-4, 2.6.2-5, 2.6.2-5+squeeze1, 2.6.2-5+squeeze3, 2.6.2-5+squeeze4 |
| — |
RubyGems(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| puppet | 2.7.1 ... 2.7.9 (9 versions) |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 39× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
- 2026-11-01 08:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799 · GitHub severity LOW
- 2026-11-01 08:51 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-31 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
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- 2026-10-29 18:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-29 18:29 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-29 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
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- 2026-07-27 12:57 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 12:57 UTCVendor advisory
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