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CVE-2018-6513 Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prio...

HighCVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.1%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, and Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2, were vulnerable to an attack where an unprivileged user on Windows agents could write custom facts that can escalate privileges on the next puppet run. This was possible through the loading of shared libraries from untrusted paths.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
puppet >= 1.10.0, < 1.10.13 1.10.13
puppet >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.7 5.3.7
puppet >= 5.5.0, < 5.5.2 5.5.2
puppet enterprise >= 2016.4.0, < 2016.4.12 2016.4.12
puppet enterprise >= 2017.3.0, < 2017.3.7 2017.3.7
puppet enterprise >= 2018.1.0, < 2018.1.1 2018.1.1
Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Agent = Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5 No fix listed

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