6.5

CVE-2017-2298: puppet mcollective Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 30-06-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-2298 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in puppet mcollective. EPSS estimates a 1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.49%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-06-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The mcollective-sshkey-security plugin before 0.5.1 for Puppet uses a server-specified identifier as part of a path where a file is written. A compromised server could use this to write a file to an arbitrary location on the client with the filename appended with the string "_pub.pem".

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.49% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.49%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Puppet2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

3 links