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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-1842

The puppet manifests in the Red Hat openstack-puppet-modules package before 2014.2.13-2 uses a default password of CHANGEME for the pcsd daemon, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via unspecified vectors.

HIGH 10.0EPSS 5.18%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The puppet manifests in the Red Hat openstack-puppet-modules package before 2014.2.13-2 uses a default password of CHANGEME for the pcsd daemon, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
5.18% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-255
Affected
redhat/openstack
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.