puppet-agent: pxp-agent attempts to configure OpenSSL from uncontrolled location
Published Jun 11, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.85%
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.
Affected products
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- Version Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puppet | Puppet Agent | n/a |
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No data.
Red Hat Satellite 6
puppet-agent
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | puppet-agent | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of puppet-agent as shipped with Red Hat Satellite 6 as this issue is specific to Windows platform only.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.85% (0.00847) | 56.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.85% (0.00847) | 53.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.22% (0.00217) | 42.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 29.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 27.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 25.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 76.84th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 76.62th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 86.26th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6515 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588925 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6515
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6515 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6515
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6515 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588925 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6515 | ||
| https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6515 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6515 |
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