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CVE-2018-6508: puppet puppet_enterprise

CVSS: 8.0v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-6508DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6508
Published 09-02-2018Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-6508 is a high (CVSS 8.0) vulnerability in puppet puppet_enterprise. EPSS estimates a 1.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.0/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.87%
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. 09-02-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.87% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.87%

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

Puppet6 products
Debian3 products
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache< 3.0.0-1
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt< 4.5.1-1
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql< 5.3.0-1
Ubuntu3 products
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apacheAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-aptAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysqlAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 12 products

References

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