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

CVSS v4: 5.3 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27021

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Puppet DB
Puppet Agent
Puppet Enterprise
Arch Linux

Install updates from vendor's website.

Puppet DB - addressed in versions 6.17.0, 7.4.1
Puppet Agent - update to 7.7.0
Puppet Enterprise - addressed in versions 2019.8.7, 2021.2.0