Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-3408

Title: Puppetlabs Puppet Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-3408.

CWE Category CWE-287

Published Date Aug 06, 2012

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.26%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-3408: lib/puppet/network/authstore.rb in Puppet before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, supports use of IP addresses in certnames without warning of potential risks, which might allow remote attackers to spoof an agent by acquiring a previously used IP address.

Impacted Vendors

reductivelabs 1

puppetlabs 2

puppet 1

Reference Links

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3408/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839166 https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/ab9150baa1b738467a33b01df1d90e076253fbbd http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3408/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839166 https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/ab9150baa1b738467a33b01df1d90e076253fbbd

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-3408 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 06, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.