{"cve":"CVE-2011-3870","nvd":{"published":"2011-10-27T20:55:01.510","modified":"2026-06-16T23:34:04.193","status":"Modified","description":"Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the SSH authorized_keys file.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/46458"],"products":["puppet:puppet","puppetlabs:puppet"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:59:31.623151214+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-3870","score":0.00352,"percentile":0.28855,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-qh3g-27jf-3j54","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qh3g-27jf-3j54","summary":"Puppet allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files","modified":"2024-12-02T05:45:52.137366Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"puppet","purl":"pkg:gem/puppet","ranges":[">=2.7.0 <2.7.5"],"fixed":["2.7.5"]},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"puppet","purl":"pkg:gem/puppet","ranges":["<2.6.11"],"fixed":["2.6.11"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}