CVE-2018-6515

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 vendorPuppetPuppet Agent· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.8%

Description

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 on Windows only, with a specially crafted configuration file an attacker could get pxp-agent to load arbitrary code with privilege escalation.

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

microsoft-windows (environment)

Puppet Agent · Puppet

60%

v < 1.10.13

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

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Windows · Microsoft

95%

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-2018-6515

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6515

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-20

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