CVE-2012-5158

Published: Mar 14, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

4.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 8.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.6.1 does not properly invalidate sessions when the session secret has changed, which allows remote authenticated users to retain access via unspecified vectors.

Affected (5)

Products: Puppet: Puppet Enterprise · Puppetlabs: Puppet

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Puppet Puppet Enterprise	Up to 2.6.0
Puppet Puppet Enterprise	Version 2.0.0
Puppet Puppet Enterprise	Version 2.5.1
Puppet Puppet Enterprise	Version 2.5.2
Puppetlabs Puppet	Version 2.5.0

Related CWEs

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

References (2)

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5158

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5158

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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