Medium severity · published Dec 16, 2019
CVE-2018-11751
Previous versions of Puppet Agent didn't verify the peer in the SSL connection prior to downloading the CRL
5.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Previous versions of Puppet Agent didn't verify the peer in the SSL connection prior to downloading the CRL. This issue is resolved in Puppet Agent 6.4.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PS
Puppet Server · Puppet
6.0.0 before 6.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11751
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11751
Vendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11751
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