VDB
CVE-2018-6508
CVE-2018-6508
PUBLISHED
Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affects tasks in the affected modules, if you are not using puppet tasks you are not affected by this vulnerability.
EPSS 0.91% · 76.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.91%
76.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache | 3.4.0-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt | 2.2.0-1, 0, 1.6.0-2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt | 0, 6.1.1-1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql | 0, 8.1.0-7ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql | 8.1.0-5ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache | 5.5.0-2, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql | 0, 2.3.1-1, 3.6.1-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache | 0, 3.0.0-1, 1.10.0-1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache | 0, 12.2.0-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt | 0, 2.3.0-1, 4.4.1-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache | 1.1.1-1, 0, 1.6.0-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache | 12.0.2-1, 0, 5.5.0-2 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt | 0, 6.1.1-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql | 0, 3.10.0-1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt | 9.4.0-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt | 9.4.0-1, 0, 9.0.1-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql | 8.1.0-7ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql | 5.3.0-1ubuntu1, 0, 8.1.0-2ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508 (circl)
- 103020 (circl)
Timeline
- Feb 9, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6508 third-party-advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-facter_task/commit/dd37c72e78c8a37e671e20becb05d6ceafdbd81c third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-puppet_conf/commit/ba434605717e16d935cba45ab38ca5866780a36b third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apt/commit/81879be960d5723016e3d0b4ff155ee704261bbc third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apache/commit/81bc5119ceced1faa4bf261efa4b7cd3731ef3ef third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-mysql/commit/da3684c79d5fe6ece826e087e8693c75ac40414c third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6508 third-party-advisory