CVE-2018-6512 Code injection in Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, razor-server and pe-razor-server prior to 1.9.0.0
Attackers can execute arbitrary code during the upgrade of pe-razor-server in Puppet Enterprise, requiring an upgrade to secure the system.
- 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-2018-6512?
CVE-2018-6512 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 11 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The previous version of Puppet Enterprise 2018.1 is vulnerable to unsafe code execution when upgrading pe-razor-server. Affected releases are Puppet Enterprise: 2018.1.x versions prior to 2018.1.1 and razor-server and pe-razor-server prior to 1.9.0.0.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6512?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Puppet Pe-Razor-Server, Puppet Puppet Enterprise, Puppet Razor-Server.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6512?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6512 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2018-6512 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6512 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7mp2-f3vh-j4w4.