CVE-2018-6508

8.0 highEPSS 1.9%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.0 high

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

EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-134
Published: 2018-02-09
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

puppet:puppet_enterprise

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103020
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103020
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508

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