CVE-2021-27025
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 18, 2021 at 02:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:44 AM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraPuppet EnterprisePuppet
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent where the agent may silently ignore Augeas settings or may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service condition prior to the first 'pluginsync'.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
2021.0.0 ≤ v < 2021.4.0
Affected range stops below 2021.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 6.25.15.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.5.227.0.0 ≤ v < 7.12.1
Affected range stops below 6.25.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2019.8.9
Affected range stops below 2019.8.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7/x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2021-27025CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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