CVE-2012-1054

no score yetEPSS 0.4%

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 30% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-264
Published: 2012-05-29
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

puppet:puppet
puppet:puppet_enterprise
puppetlabs:puppet
puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/
http://secunia.com/advisories/48157

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