{"id":"CVE-2012-3408","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-3408","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:39.553Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2012-08-06T16:55:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:43:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.6,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["puppet/puppet enterprise","puppetlabs/puppet"],"epss":{"score":0.01641,"percentile":0.7622,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.64%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3408/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839166","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/ab9150baa1b738467a33b01df1d90e076253fbbd","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3408/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839166","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/ab9150baa1b738467a33b01df1d90e076253fbbd","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3408","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}