Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2.5.2, when running with Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using (1) rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb, (2) Win32API.rb, (3) Win32API.so, (4) safe_yaml.rb, (5) safe_yaml/deep.rb, or (6) safe_yaml/deep.so; or (7) operatingsystem.rb, (8) operatingsystem.so, (9) osfamily.rb, or (10) osfamily.so in puppet/confine.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | hiera | 1.3.4-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | facter | 2.0.1-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | hiera | 1.3.4-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | facter | 2.0.1-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | hiera | 1.3.4-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | mcollective | 2.5.2+dfsg-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | facter | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | facter | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | puppet | 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.2 | USN-3308-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | rubygem-facter | 1.3.4-3.5 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10565-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | facter | < 1.7.6 | 1.7.6 | GHSA-92v7-pq4h-58j5 |
| RubyGems | facter | >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.2 | 2.0.2 | GHSA-92v7-pq4h-58j5 |
| RubyGems | hiera | < 1.3.4 | 1.3.4 | GHSA-92v7-pq4h-58j5 |
| RubyGems | mcollective-client | < 2.5.2 | 2.5.2 | GHSA-92v7-pq4h-58j5 |
| RubyGems | puppet | < 2.7.26 | 2.7.26 | GHSA-92v7-pq4h-58j5 |
| RubyGems | puppet | >= 3.0.0, < 3.6.2 | 3.6.2 | GHSA-92v7-pq4h-58j5 |
Advisories 2
- USN-3308-1 puppet vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Apr 27, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10565-1 ruby2.2-rubygem-facter-2.4.6-2.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248
- 59197 third-party-advisory
- 59200 third-party-advisory
- http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/
- 68035 vdb-entry