When installing a module using the system tar, the PMT will filter filesystem permissions to a sane value. This may just be based on the user's umask.

When using minitar, files are unpacked with whatever permissions are in the tarball. This is potentially unsafe, as tarballs can be easily created with weird permissions.

Affected Packages

RubyGems puppet

Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 4.10.10)

RubyGems puppet

Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.3.4)

Related CVEs

CVE-2017-10689

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-vw22-465p-8j5w

Published

May 13, 2022 1:41 AM

Last Modified

July 21, 2022 10:29 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

RubyGems

Primary Package

puppet

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 11, 2025 6:35 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.