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TI-2012-00961 Aliases CVE-2012-1053GHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37

The change_user method in the SUIDManager (lib/puppet/util/suidmanager.rb) in Puppet…

Priority LOW 31CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Security bypass, Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264 and CWE-269.

Summary

The change_user method in the SUIDManager (lib/puppet/util/suidmanager.rb) in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly manage group privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to (1) the change_user not dropping supplementary groups in certain conditions, (2) changes to the eguid without associated changes to the egid, or (3) the addition of the real gid to supplementary groups.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00384 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial puppet (RubyGems): 2.6.14, 2.7.11Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—puppet (RubyGems)2.6 to before 2.6.142.6.14Patch availableGHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37
—puppet (RubyGems)2.7 to before 2.7.112.7.11Patch availableGHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • puppet (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 2.6 to before 2.6.14 Fixed in 2.6.14 Patch available GHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37
  • puppet (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 2.7 to before 2.7.11 Fixed in 2.7.11 Patch available GHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37

CPE configurations NVD · 35

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.0VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.1VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.2VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.3VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.4VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.5VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.6VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.7VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.8VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.9VulnerablePuppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.0 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.1 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.2 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.3 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.4 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.5 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.6 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.7 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.8 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.9 Vulnerable ·Puppet
Show 25 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.10VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.11VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.12VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.13VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.2VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.3VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.4VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.5VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.6VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.7VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.8VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.9VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.10VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.0VulnerablePuppetlabs
cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.1VulnerablePuppetlabs
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.0VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.1VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.2VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.3VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.4VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.0VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.1VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.2VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerablePuppetlabs
cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1VulnerablePuppetlabs
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.10 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.11 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.12 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.13 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.2 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.3 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.4 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.5 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.6 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.7 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.8 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.9 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.10 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.0 Vulnerable ·Puppetlabs
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.1 Vulnerable ·Puppetlabs
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.2 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.3 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.4 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.1 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.2 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Puppetlabs
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·Puppetlabs

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37 puppet (RubyGems) Fixed in 2.6.14 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37 puppet (RubyGems) Fixed in 2.7.11 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-1053
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37

References

Advisory 6

Other 14

Sources

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