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Vulnerability details: VCID-v9kt-4vxm-ekdw
Vulnerability ID VCID-v9kt-4vxm-ekdw
Aliases CVE-2012-6120
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 1.9
Risk 0.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
System Score Found at
epss 0.00042 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6120
epss 0.00042 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6120
epss 0.00042 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6120
epss 0.00042 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6120
epss 0.00042 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6120
epss 0.00042 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6120
epss 0.00042 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6120
epss 0.00042 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6120
cvssv2 2.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6120
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0710.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-6120.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6120
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6120
908629 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908629
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_essex:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_essex:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_folsom:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_folsom:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-6120 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6120
GLSA-201308-04 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201308-04
RHSA-2013:0710 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0710
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6120
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.12968
EPSS Score 0.00042
Published At April 12, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:02:20.263647+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201308-04 38.0.0