CVE-2018-11752 describes a vulnerability in previous releases of the Puppet cisco_ios module where SSH session debug information, including login credentials, was written to a world-readable file during every execution. This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), allows a local attacker with low privileges to access sensitive authentication data, leading to a compromise of confidentiality. While the vulnerability is resolved in version 0.4.0 of the module, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:cisco_ios:*:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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