CVE-2017-10689

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Puppet	Puppet Enterprise	prior to 2016.4.10 or 2017.3.4
Puppet	Puppet Agent	prior to 5.3.4 or 1.10.10

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10689Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3567-1/Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10689Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3567-1/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 9, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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