{"id":"CVE-2018-11750","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-11750","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:19:46.452Z","title":"Previous releases of the Puppet cisco_ios module did not validate a host's identity before starting a SSH connection.","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.","published":"2018-10-02T19:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:36:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@puppet.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["puppet/cisco ios module"],"epss":{"score":0.01075,"percentile":0.64793,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11750","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@puppet.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150978","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11750","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11750","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}