What is CVE-2015-7224?

CVE-2015-7224 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Puppet Puppetlabs-Mysql, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2015-7224?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Puppet Puppetlabs-Mysql

CVE-2015-7224

puppetlabs-mysql 3.1.0 through 3.6.0 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging creation of a database account without a password when a 'mysql_user' user parameter contains a host with a netmask.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.017 (74.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Puppet Puppetlabs-mysql
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7224?: CVE-2015-7224 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Puppet Puppetlabs-Mysql, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2015-7224?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.