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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-10690 · published 9 February 2018

CVE-2017-10690: Puppet improper privilege management vulnerability

Puppet · Puppet

In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible for the agent to retrieve facts from an environment that it was not classified to retrieve from. This was resolved in Puppet Agent 5.3.4, included in Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.4

6.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 1.0% · top 36.6% CWE-269 · Improper privilege management
6.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.0
1.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible for the agent to retrieve facts from an environment that it was not classified to retrieve from. This was resolved in Puppet Agent 5.3.4, included in Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.4

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10690 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10690 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-10690), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.