CVE-2011-3871

mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.34% (27th) EPSS

CVSS 6.2 · medium

Is it mine?

26 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.2mediumAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.9 · impact 10

v2.05.3mediumAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimaryCWE-340US

affected products (26)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
puppet puppet= 0.25.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 0.25.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 0.25.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 0.25.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 0.25.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 0.25.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 0.25.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-mpmx-gm5v-q789Puppet uses predictable filenames, allowing arbitrary file overwrite2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2011-10-27modified 2026-06-16

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references (28)

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