CVE-2018-6515 Code injection in Puppet Agent
An attacker can execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges on Windows systems by providing a specially crafted configuration file to the Puppet Agent.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-6515?
CVE-2018-6515 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Puppet Agent, published on 11 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, and Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2 on Windows only, with a specially crafted configuration file an attacker could get pxp-agent to load arbitrary code with privilege escalation.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6515?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Puppet Puppet.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6515?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6515 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-2018-6515 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6515 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Puppet Agent
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5xw6-x436-6c39.