CVE-2015-1426: Puppet Labs Facter allows local users to obtain sensitive Amazon EC2 IAM instance metadata

CVE-2015-1426 · Severity: info · Published 2022-05-14

Puppet Labs Facter allows local users to obtain sensitive Amazon EC2 IAM instance metadata

Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2015-1426 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2015-1426 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2015-1426?
Informational severity, published 14 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
facter (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.6.0,fixed=2.4.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2015-1426?
Yes. facter (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.4.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2015-1426?
Check whether you run facter (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • facter (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.4.1 or later
    bundle update facter

Affected products

  • facter (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.6.0,fixed=2.4.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2015-1426
  • GHSA-j436-h7hm-rx46

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