What is CVE-2018-11746?

CVE-2018-11746 is a high-severity vulnerability in Puppet Discovery, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2018-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-11746?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Puppet Discovery

CVE-2018-11746

In Puppet Discovery prior to 1.2.0, when running Discovery against Windows hosts, WinRM connections can fall back to using basic auth over insecure channels if a HTTPS server is not available. This can expose the login credentials being used by Puppet Discovery.

EPSS: 0.014 (69.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Puppet Discovery
Puppet Discovery — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

security@puppet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@puppet.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11746?: CVE-2018-11746 is a high-severity vulnerability in Puppet Discovery, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2018-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-11746?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.