# CVE-2017-10690: Missing authorization in Puppet Agent

> Puppet Agent allowed unauthorized retrieval of facts from restricted environments, enabling attackers to access sensitive configuration data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Feb 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v5m5-pcq8-cjj7

## What is CVE-2017-10690?

CVE-2017-10690 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 9 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible for the agent to retrieve facts from an environment that it was not classified to retrieve from. This was resolved in Puppet Agent 5.3.4, included in Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.4

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10690?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Puppet Puppet, Puppet Puppet Enterprise, Redhat Satellite.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-10690?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2017-10690 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10690 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Puppet Puppet Enterprise

- [CVE-2016-2785](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2785/): Puppet Improper Access Control (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-27021](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27021/): SQL injection in Puppet DB (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-6513](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6513/): Privilege escalation in Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Agent (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-6514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6514/): Privilege escalation in Puppet Agent (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-6515](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6515/): Code injection in Puppet Agent (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-10690 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-10690 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 9 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10690 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Puppet Puppet Enterprise. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10690/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10690/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10690
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10690
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-10690

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10690/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.