{"id":"CVE-2019-10694","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-10694","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:22:45.506Z","title":"The express install, which is the suggested way to install Puppet Enterprise, gives the user a URL at the end of the install to set the admin password.","description":"The express install, which is the suggested way to install Puppet Enterprise, gives the user a URL at the end of the install to set the admin password. If they do not use that URL, there is an overlooked default password for the admin user. This was resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2019.0.3 and 2018.1.9.","published":"2019-12-12T00:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:11:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@puppet.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":["puppet/puppet enterprise"],"epss":{"score":0.01089,"percentile":0.65162,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10694","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@puppet.com"},{"url":"https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10694","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10694","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."}