{"cve":"CVE-2018-6517","nvd":{"published":"2019-03-21T16:00:56.483","modified":"2026-06-17T02:01:57.120","status":"Modified","description":"Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation. In version 0.3.0 this is updated so that the user's known_hosts file is not updated by chloride.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-295"],"references":["https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517","https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517"],"products":["puppet:chloride"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:55:22.313337056+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-6517","score":0.00893,"percentile":0.59461,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-573x-jhqh-jg36","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-573x-jhqh-jg36","summary":"Improper Certificate Validation in chloride","modified":"2024-02-16T08:22:49.073607Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"chloride","purl":"pkg:gem/chloride","ranges":["<0.3.0"],"fixed":["0.3.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}