01 Record

CVE-2020-7942

Previously, Puppet operated on a model that a node with a valid certificate was entitled to all information in the system and that a compromised certificate allowed access to everything in the

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: puppet

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Previously, Puppet operated on a model that a node with a valid certificate was entitled to all information in the system and that a compromised certificate allowed access to everything in the

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: 0.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 56.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. 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

2020-02-19 20:52Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 09:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-01-23

Assigning CNA

puppet

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
CWE-297Improper Validation of Certificate with Host MismatchVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

71ac20854e24ae2ee136248ef513143a12eef65cad62bcd765c649c838ad16dd

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

PuppetPuppet5.5.x prior to 5.5.19, Fixed in 5.5.19, 6.x prior to 6.13.0, Fixed in 6.13.0—

PuppetPuppet Agent5.5.x prior to 5.5.19, Fixed in 5.5.19, 6.x prior to 6.13.0, Fixed in 6.13.0—

06 References

puppet.comhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7942/x_refsource_CONFIRM

07 Fixed in

Debian 11

puppet
No fix yet

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

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