VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-11749

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.76%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

When users are configured to use startTLS with RBAC LDAP, at login time, the user's credentials are sent via plaintext to the LDAP server. This affects Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.3, 2017.3.9, and 2016.4.14, and is fixed in Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.4, 2017.3.10, and 2016.4.15. It scored an 8.5 CVSS score.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Primary references