CVE-2018-6517

Published: Mar 21, 2019Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation. In version 0.3.0 this is updated so that the user's known_hosts file is not updated by chloride.

Affected (1)

Products: Puppet: Chloride

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Puppet Chloride	Before 0.3.0

Related CWEs

Improper Certificate Validation

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

References (2)

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517

Source: security@puppet.com

Third Party Advisory

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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