What is CVE-2017-10690?

CVE-2017-10690 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-10690?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Puppet

CVE-2017-10690

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

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2018-02-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Puppet
Puppet Agent — versions 5.x prior to 5.3.4
Puppet Enterprise — versions 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.4
Puppet Enterprise
Red Hat Satellite — versions 6.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10690 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10690?: CVE-2017-10690 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-10690?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.