CVE-2015-1426 json
Puppet Labs Facter allows local users to obtain sensitive Amazon EC2 IAM instance metadata
published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-j436-h7hm-rx46 , EUVD-2022-4268
- cvss
- 2.1
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Puppet Labs Facter 1.6.0 through 2.4.0 allows local users to obtains sensitive Amazon EC2 IAM instance metadata by reading a fact for an Amazon EC2 node.
Patch / fix
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What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2015-1426 updated cvss 1.7
facter: potential sensitive information leakage in Facter's Amazon EC2 metadata facts handling
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Red Hat OpenStack Foreman facter Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) facter Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) facter Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 facter Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 facter Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 facternot affected: vulnerable code not present
+2 more productsfewer
Red Hat Satellite 6 facter Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager facter
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | facter | >=1.6.0, <2.4.1 |
2.4.1 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
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puppetlabs.com
/security/cve/cve-2015-1426
vendor-advisory
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1426
advisory
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github.com
/puppetlabs/facter
package
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github.com
/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/facter/CVE-2015-1426.yml
web
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web.archive.org
/web/20150906195742/http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1426
web
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puppet.com
/security/cve/cve-2015-1426-potential-sensitive-information-leakage-facters-amazon-ec2-metadata
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-1426
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j436-h7hm-rx46
- NVD CVE-2015-1426
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