9.8

CVE-2018-11747: puppet discovery Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
Published 17-03-2019Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-11747 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in puppet discovery. EPSS estimates a 0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.72%
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. 17-03-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Previously, Puppet Discovery was shipped with a default generated TLS certificate in the nginx container. In version 1.4.0, a unique certificate will be generated on installation or the user will be able to provide their own TLS certificate for ingress.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.72% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.72%

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

2 links