VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-2298
CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-06-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
The mcollective-sshkey-security plugin before 0.5.1 for Puppet uses a server-specified identifier as part of a path where a file is written. A compromised server could use this to write a file to an arbitrary location on the client with the filename appended with the string "_pub.pem".
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Primary references
- security@puppet.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@puppet.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@puppet.com — Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory