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TI-2018-04793 Aliases CVE-2018-6513GHSA-wp4f-g5j5-6f78

Untrusted search path in Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Agent

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-426Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.

Summary

Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, and Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2, were vulnerable to an attack where an unprivileged user on Windows agents could write custom facts that can escalate privileges on the next puppet run. This was possible through the loading of shared libraries from untrusted paths.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01117 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
PuppetPuppet Enterprise and Puppet AgentPuppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2—No fix listedCNA
  • Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Agent VendorPuppet Affected Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10.0 to before 1.10.13; 5.3.0 to before 5.3.7; 5.5.0 to before 5.5.2VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.4.0 to before 2016.4.12; 2017.3.0 to before 2017.3.7; 2018.1.0 to before 2018.1.1VulnerablePuppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10.0 to before 1.10.13; 5.3.0 to before 5.3.7; 5.5.0 to before 5.5.2 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.4.0 to before 2016.4.12; 2017.3.0 to before 2017.3.7; 2018.1.0 to before 2018.1.1 Vulnerable ·Puppet

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-6513
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wp4f-g5j5-6f78

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2016-02327 Puppet Server before 2.3.2 and Ruby puppetmaster in Puppet 4.x before 4.4.2 and in Puppet… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-01442 The (1) template and (2) inline_template functions in the master server in Puppet before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2021-08594 SQL injection in Puppet DB CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-01576 Deserialization of untrusted data in Puppet server CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2013-01456 Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.21 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, when running Ruby 1.9.3 or later… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2013-01454 Puppet before 2.6.18, 2.7.x before 2.7.21, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, and Puppet Enterprise… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
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