Issue #6955 has been updated by Paul Nasrat.

Also generally for security vulnerabilities you should report via security@ and 
not via the bug tracker I'd assume. The Authorization vulnerability email lists 
that address but it's not very discoverable from the main puppetlabs site for 
reporting security vulnerabilities ala http://www.apache.org/security/ or 
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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Bug #6955: Risk of malicious code execution
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/6955

Author: Jacek Masiulaniec
Status: Accepted
Priority: Urgent
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
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Fact search path includes current working directory:

    [jacekm@localhost ~]$ ls facter
    ls: facter: No such file or directory
    [jacekm@localhost ~]$ facter >/dev/null
    [jacekm@localhost ~]$ mkdir facter
    [jacekm@localhost ~]$ echo 'STDERR.puts "evil code"' > facter/evil.rb
    [jacekm@localhost ~]$ facter >/dev/null
    evil code
    [jacekm@localhost ~]$ 

This is harmful in multi-user environments: starting facter in specially 
crafted directory can result in malicious code execution.


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