VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-6514

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In 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, Facter on Windows is vulnerable to a DLL preloading attack, which could lead to a privilege escalation.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

Primary references