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Vulnerability details: VCID-s94z-5sd6-33dk
Vulnerability ID VCID-s94z-5sd6-33dk
Aliases CVE-2021-27025
GHSA-q4g7-jrxv-67r9
Summary Silent Configuration Failure in Puppet Agent 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'.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-665 Improper Initialization
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-27025.json
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-27025
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-27025
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-27025
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-27025
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-27025
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-27025
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-27025
epss 0.00531 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-27025
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4g7-jrxv-67r9
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2021-27025.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2021-27025.yml
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27025
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27025
cvssv3 6.5 https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2021-27025
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2021-27025
generic_textual MODERATE https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2021-27025
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2541
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-27025.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-27025
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-27025
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2021-27025.yml
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7/
1014772 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1014772
2023853 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2023853
AVG-2541 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2541
CVE-2021-27025 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27025
CVE-2021-27025 https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2021-27025
GHSA-q4g7-jrxv-67r9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4g7-jrxv-67r9
RHSA-2022:1708 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1708
RHSA-2022:4866 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4866
RHSA-2022:4867 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4867
RHSA-2022:8846 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8846
RHSA-2022:8862 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8862
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-27025.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2021-27025.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27025
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2021-27025
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.67179
EPSS Score 0.00531
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:49:07.635750+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/puppet/CVE-2021-27025.yml 38.0.0