CVE-2012-3408: Puppet Enterprise

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

lib/puppet/network/authstore.rb in Puppet before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, supports use of IP addresses in certnames without warning of potential risks, which might allow remote attackers to spoof an agent by acquiring a previously used IP address.

Affected products

• Puppet Puppet Enterprise: before 2.5.2 (fixed in 2.5.2)
• Puppetlabs Puppet: before 2.7.18 (fixed in 2.7.18)

Published 2012-08-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.