CVE-2019-10694 describes a critical vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise versions prior to 2019.0.3 and 2018.1.9, where an overlooked default password for the admin user could be exploited if the initial setup URL was not used. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for unauthenticated remote attackers to gain full control over affected systems, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known public exploits or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers. Despite its high severity and ease of exploitation, it is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog and is not actively exploited in the wild.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2018.1.0, < 2018.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2019.0, < 2019.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.