{"cve":"CVE-2012-3867","nvd":{"published":"2012-08-06T16:55:06.680","modified":"2026-06-16T23:44:02.820","status":"Modified","description":"lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_authority.rb in Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, does not properly restrict the characters in the Common Name field of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), which makes it easier for user-assisted remote attackers to trick administrators into signing a crafted agent certificate via ANSI control sequences.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html","http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3867/","http://secunia.com/advisories/50014","http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","opensuse:opensuse","puppet:puppet","puppet:puppet_enterprise","puppetlabs:puppet","suse:linux_enterprise_desktop","suse:linux_enterprise_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-3867","score":0.02453,"percentile":0.84403,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-q44r-f2hm-v76v","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q44r-f2hm-v76v","summary":"Pupper does not properly restrict characters in Common Name field of Certificate Signing Request","modified":"2024-11-29T05:40:48.956113Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"puppet","purl":"pkg:gem/puppet","ranges":["<2.6.17"],"fixed":["2.6.17"]},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"puppet","purl":"pkg:gem/puppet","ranges":[">=2.7.0 <2.7.18"],"fixed":["2.7.18"]}]}],"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."]}