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CVE-2015-1426: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

May 14, 2022 (updated June 7, 2023)

Puppet Labs Facter 1.6.0 through 2.4.0 allows local users to obtains sensitive Amazon EC2 IAM instance metadata by reading a fact for an Amazon EC2 node.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-j436-h7hm-rx46
  • github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/facter/CVE-2015-1426.yml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1426
  • web.archive.org/web/20150906195742/http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1426
  • www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1426-potential-sensitive-information-leakage-facters-amazon-ec2-metadata

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.6.0 before 2.4.1

Fixed versions

  • 2.4.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.4.1 or above.

Impact 2.1 LOW

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Source file

gem/facter/CVE-2015-1426.yml

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