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puppetdb — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27021

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.

Products
puppetdb
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
7.11.2-2
CVEs
CVE-2021-27021
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 01:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27021

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Jul 2021, 11:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27021

puppetdb

Fixed versions: 7.11.2-2

puppetdb

Fixed versions: 7.11.2-2

Complete source record
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  "id": "1ed952e8dc23d0a465c83ac786913a983e7a366524c736dbbbd5e16022052d4c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27021",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-27021",
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          "value": "puppetdb",
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        },
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          {
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          }
        ],
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    ],
    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
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        }
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          },
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:04:50.094673694Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
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      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-27021"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 424052,
  "published_at": "2021-07-20T11:15:11.63+00:00"
}