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CVE-2018-6517
Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's…
High7.5EPSS 0.89%
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- puppet
Description
Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation. In version 0.3.0 this is updated so that the user's known_hosts file is not updated by chloride.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.89% · top 40% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Improper handling of known_hosts file
- CWE-295 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-295 and its CVEs
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemschlorideGHSA-573x-jhqh-jg36 (opens in a new tab)
References (1)
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-573x-jhqh-jg36 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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