CVE-2017-2298 describes a path traversal vulnerability in the mcollective-sshkey-security plugin for Puppet, affecting versions prior to 0.5.1. A compromised Puppet server could exploit this by manipulating a server-specified identifier to write a file to an arbitrary location on a client system, appending "_pub.pem" to the filename. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:mcollective-sshkey-security:*:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.