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CVE-2018-6508

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6508 describes a remote execution vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x versions prior to 2017.3.3. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted string to the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. The vulnerability is rated with a CVSS score of 8.0 (High), indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2017.3.0, <= 2017.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0187 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 890 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)Fixed in: puppet-apache
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)Fixed in: puppet-mysql

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-6508Important

puppet: Unparameterized input in multiple modules can allow a remote user to execute arbitrary code

Feb 5, 2018

References

puppet.com / security/cve/CVE-2018-6508
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103020
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry