Medium severity · published Feb 9, 2018
CVE-2017-10690
In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible for the agent to retrieve facts from an environment that it was not classified to retrieve from
6.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible for the agent to retrieve facts from an environment that it was not classified to retrieve from. This was resolved in Puppet Agent 5.3.4, included in Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.4
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
Puppet · Puppet
before 5.3.4 · source: NVD
PE
Puppet Enterprise · Puppet
before 2017.3.4 · source: NVD
SA
Satellite · Redhat
6.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10690
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10690
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
Vendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10690
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