VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-11750
Previous releases of the Puppet cisco_ios module did not validate a host's identity before starting a SSH connection.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.07%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Previous releases of the Puppet cisco_ios module did not validate a host's identity before starting a SSH connection. As of the 0.4.0 release of cisco_ios, host key checking is enabled by default.
- 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
- 1.07% probability · 65th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- puppet/cisco ios module
- Source
- security@puppet.com
EPSS 1.1% 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://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11750Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150978Vendor Advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11750Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.