CVE-2021-27021 (GCVE-0-2021-27021)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-20 10:44 – Updated: 2024-08-03 20:40
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Summary
A flaw was discovered in Puppet DB, this flaw results in an escalation of privileges which allows the user to delete tables via an SQL query.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-1027 - [CWE-1027|https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1027.html]
Assigner
puppet CNA
CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Puppet DB Affected: All prior versions before Puppet DB 6.17.0, 7.4.1, Puppet Platform 6.23, 7.8.0 and PE 2021.2, 2019.8.7
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