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CVE-2018-6513 Details

Description

Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, and Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2, were vulnerable to an attack where an unprivileged user on Windows agents could write custom facts that can escalate privileges on the next puppet run. This was possible through the loading of shared libraries from untrusted paths.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6513 CVEVendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6513 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-426Untrusted Search Path[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
puppet puppet
>= 1.10.0, < 1.10.13
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.7
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
puppet puppet enterprise
>= 2016.4.0, < 2016.4.12
>= 2017.3.0, < 2017.3.7
>= 2018.1.0, < 2018.1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-6513
NVD Published Date:
Jun 11, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-6513 Details - Not Deferred