CVE-2018-6516

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

On Windows only, with a specifically crafted configuration file an attacker could get Puppet PE client tools (aka pe-client-tools) 16.4.x prior to 16.4.6, 17.3.x prior to 17.3.6, and 18.1.x prior to 18.1.2 to load arbitrary code with privilege escalation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Puppet	pe-client-tools	16.4.x prior to 16.4.6; 17.3.x prior to 17.3.6; 18.1.x prior to 18.1.2

References

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6516Vendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6516Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 14, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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