Description
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in Puppet Server 7.9.2 certificate validation. An issue related to specifically crafted certificate names significantly slowed down server operations.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puppet | Puppet Enterprise | 2021.7.1 – < 2021.7.3, 2023.0.0 – < 2023.1.0 | 2021.7.3 |
| Puppet | Puppet Server | 7.9.2 – < 7.11.0, 7.9.2 – < 8.0.0 | 7.11.0 |
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 13 | puppetserver | 7.9.5-2 | — |
| Debian 12 | puppetserver | 7.9.5-2 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | puppetserver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | puppetserver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | puppetserver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | puppetserver | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | puppet | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | puppet | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | puppet | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | puppet | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | puppet | No fix yet | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite Utils 6 | foreman +1 | 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | foreman +1 | 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | puppet-agent | 7.26.0-3.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | puppetserver | 7.11.0-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-django +1 | 3.2.21-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-future +1 | 0.18.3-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-gitpython +1 | 3.1.32-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-pulp-ansible +1 | 1:0.16.0-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-requests +1 | 2.31.0-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-sqlparse +1 | 0.4.4-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | rubygem-rack | 2.2.7-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | foreman +13 | 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | puppet-agent | 7.26.0-3.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | puppetserver | 7.11.0-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-django +1 | 3.2.21-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-future +1 | 0.18.3-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-gitpython +1 | 3.1.32-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-pulp-ansible +1 | 1:0.16.0-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-requests +1 | 2.31.0-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-sqlparse +1 | 0.4.4-1.el8pc | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | rubygem-actionpack +2 | 6.1.7.3-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | rubygem-git | 1.18.0-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | rubygem-globalid | 1.1.0-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | rubygem-kubeclient | 4.10.1-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | rubygem-rack | 2.2.7-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | yggdrasil-worker-forwarder | 0.0.3-1.el8sat | RHSA-2023:6818 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2023:6818 Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.14 security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026