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SCA: security update for puppet (GHSA-mpmx-gm5v-q789)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432584

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in --edit mode, uses a
 predictable file name, which allows local users to run arbitrary Puppet code or trick a user into editing
 arbitrary files. (CVE-2011-3871)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpmx-gm5v-q789

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432584

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3871

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3871

BID: 49909

cwe: CWE-340