Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-27021

High

Published: 20 July 2021

Published
20 July 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0063 70.7th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-27021 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Puppet Puppet. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

puppet
puppet
≤ 6.23.0 · 7.7.0 — 7.8.0
puppet
puppet enterprise
≤ 2019.8.7 · 2021.0.0 — 2021.2.0
puppet
puppetdb
≤ 6.17.0 · 7.0.0 — 7.4.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References