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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 8.0/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Puppet | Puppet Enterprise | 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.4 |
| Puppet | puppetlabs/facter_task | prior to 0.1.5 |
| Puppet | puppetlabs/puppet_conf | prior to 0.1.5 |
| Puppet | puppetlabs/apt | prior to 4.5.1 |
| Puppet | puppetlabs/mysql | prior to 5.2.1 |
| Puppet | puppetlabs/apache | prior to 2.3.1 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103020Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103020Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 9, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified