CVE-2018-6513

N/A

Published: June 11, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorPuppet EnterprisePuppet

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

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

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

Puppet · Puppet

95%

1.10.0 ≤ v < 1.10.135.3.0 ≤ v < 5.3.75.5.0 ≤ v < 5.5.2

Affected range stops below 1.10.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.3.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Puppet Enterprise · Puppet

95%

v < 2016.4.122016.4.0 ≤ v < 2016.4.122017.3.0 ≤ v < 2017.3.72018.1.0 ≤ v < 2018.1.1

Affected range stops below 2016.4.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2017.3.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2018.1.1, 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

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6513

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6513

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-426

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