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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2015-1426-puppet-labs-facter-allows-local-users-to-obtain-sensitive-amazon  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2022-05-14  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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](https://junglewise.ai/threats/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

  ```sh
  bundle update facter
  ```


## Affected products

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

## Identifiers

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

## Related threats

- [facter, hiera, mcollective-client, and puppet affected by untrusted search path vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2014-3248-facter-hiera-mcollective-client-and-puppet-affected-by-untrusted)