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CVE-2017-2298

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 30, 2017 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:15 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMcollective Sshkey Security

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

The mcollective-sshkey-security plugin before 0.5.1 for Puppet uses a server-specified identifier as part of a path where a file is written. A compromised server could use this to write a file to an arbitrary location on the client with the filename appended with the string "_pub.pem".

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Mcollective Sshkey Security· Puppet
95%
v ≤ 0.5.0v < 0.5.1
Affected range stops below 0.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2
x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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