# CVE-2020-7945: Hardcoded credentials in Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise (CD4PE)

> Local registry credentials were hardcoded in deployment definitions, exposing them to unauthorized users in Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m223-8p4j-9j7p

## What is CVE-2020-7945?

CVE-2020-7945 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise (CD4PE), published on 18 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Local registry credentials were included directly in the CD4PE deployment definition, which could expose these credentials to users who should not have access to them. This is resolved in Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise 4.0.1.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7945?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Puppet Continuous Delivery.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-7945?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-7945 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise (CD4PE)

- [CVE-2021-27024](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27024/): Privilege escalation in Puppet Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise (CD4PE) (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-7944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7944/): Information disclosure in Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise (CD4PE) (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2019-10695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10695/): Information disclosure in Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise (CD4PE) (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7945 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-7945 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise (CD4PE), published on 18 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise (CD4PE). 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-2020-7945/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7945/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7945
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7945
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7945

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7945/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.