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01 Record

CVE-2018-6508

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: puppet
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 78.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-02-09 20:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 01:55Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-02-01
Assigning CNA
puppet
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
  • CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
8602a95ab329f7f18fe5762a7dc8015deba5c58a9650671fad28409e0b03e133

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
PuppetPuppet Enterprise2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.4—
Puppetpuppetlabs/facter_taskprior to 0.1.5—
Puppetpuppetlabs/puppet_confprior to 0.1.5—
Puppetpuppetlabs/aptprior to 4.5.1—
Puppetpuppetlabs/mysqlprior to 5.2.1—
Puppetpuppetlabs/apacheprior to 2.3.1—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache
    Fixed in 3.0.0-1
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt
    Fixed in 4.5.1-1
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql
    Fixed in 5.3.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache
    Fixed in 3.0.0-1
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt
    Fixed in 4.5.1-1
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql
    Fixed in 5.3.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt
    Fixed in 4.5.1-1
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql
    Fixed in 5.3.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 25.10

  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.10

  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt
    No fix yet
  • puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.