VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-6517
Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.89%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation. In version 0.3.0 this is updated so that the user's known_hosts file is not updated by chloride.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.89% probability · 57th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- puppet/chloride
- Source
- security@puppet.com
References
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517Third Party Advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.