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CVE-2018-6513

nvd nist
Published: Jun 11, 2018Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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8.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (6)

2 products
Puppet
Puppet Enterprise
Configuration A
6 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Puppet
From 1.10.0 to 1.10.13
From 5.3.0 to 5.3.7
From 5.5.0 to 5.5.2
Puppet
From 2016.4.0 to 2016.4.12
From 2017.3.0 to 2017.3.7
From 2018.1.0 to 2018.1.1

References (2)

Source: security@puppet.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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