CVE-2017-10690
In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible for the agent to retrieve facts from an environment that it was not classified to retrieve from.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.00%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible for the agent to retrieve facts from an environment that it was not classified to retrieve from. This was resolved in Puppet Agent 5.3.4, included in Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.4
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.00% probability · 63th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- puppet/puppet · puppet/puppet enterprise · redhat/satellite
- Source
- security@puppet.com
EPSS 1.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927Third Party Advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10690Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927Third Party Advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10690Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.