CVE-2018-6508

HIGH

Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.0-2017.3.2 - Remote Code Execution via facter_task or puppet_conf Tasks

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affects tasks in the affected modules, if you are not using puppet tasks you are not affected by this vulnerability.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103020

Scores

CVSS v3 8.0
EPSS 0.0198
EPSS Percentile 77.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-134
Status published
Products (1)
puppet/puppet_enterprise 2017.3.0 - 2017.3.2
Published Feb 09, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026