CVE-2018-11746 Puppet Discovery can leak authentication information
Puppet Discovery may leak credentials by falling back to insecure basic authentication when HTTPS is unavailable for WinRM connections.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-11746?
CVE-2018-11746 is a high-severity vulnerability in Puppet Discovery, published on 3 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Puppet Discovery prior to 1.2.0, when running Discovery against Windows hosts, WinRM connections can fall back to using basic auth over insecure channels if a HTTPS server is not available. This can expose the login credentials being used by Puppet Discovery.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11746?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Puppet Discovery.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11746?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11746 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-11746 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11746 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Puppet Discovery
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jvhf-6jm8-m5v7.