9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2021-27023
Puppet HTTP Redirect Credential Leak
Description

A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent and Puppet Server that may result in a leak of HTTP credentials when following HTTP redirects to a different host. This is similar to CVE-2018-1000007

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 18, 2021, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:31 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-27023 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Puppet puppet_enterprise
2 Puppet puppet_agent
3 Puppet puppet
4 Puppet puppet_server
1 Fedoraproject fedora
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-27023.

URL Resource
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7/
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27023 Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-27023 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-27023 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Puppet https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Puppet https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7/
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 2021.0.0 from (excluding) 2021.4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2021.0.0 from (excluding) 2021.4
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 2019.8.9 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 2019.8.9
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 29, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27023 No Types Assigned https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27023 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2019.8.9 *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 2021.0.0 up to (excluding) 2021.4 *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.25.1 *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (excluding) 7.12.1 *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.17.1 *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (excluding) 7.4.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.24 }} 0.02%

score

0.64737

percentile

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