Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU54500

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Puppet Labs products - CVE-2021-27021

Published: July 1, 2021

Vulnerability identifier: #VU54500

CSH Severity: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27021

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Puppet Enterprise
Puppet Agent
Puppet DB

Software vendor:
Puppet Labs

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote user can delete tables via a SQL query.

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