# CVE-2021-27022: Information disclosure in Puppet Enterprise

> Sensitive task parameters are incorrectly logged in Puppet Enterprise when using SSH or WinRM nodes, exposing confidential data to anyone with log access.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Sep 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h9c7-5m8v-93ph, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27022

## What is CVE-2021-27022?

CVE-2021-27022 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 7 Sep 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was discovered in bolt-server and ace where running a task with sensitive parameters results in those sensitive parameters being logged when they should not be. This issue only affects SSH/WinRM nodes (inventory service nodes).

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27022?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Puppet Puppet, Puppet Puppet Enterprise.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-27022?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27022 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-27022 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27022 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Puppet Puppet Enterprise

- [CVE-2016-2785](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2785/): Puppet Improper Access Control (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-27021](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27021/): SQL injection in Puppet DB (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-6513](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6513/): Privilege escalation in Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Agent (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-6514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6514/): Privilege escalation in Puppet Agent (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-6515](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6515/): Code injection in Puppet Agent (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-27022 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-27022 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 7 Sep 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27022 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Puppet Puppet Enterprise. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27022/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27022/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27022
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27022
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27022

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27022/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.