What is CVE-2018-11748?

CVE-2018-11748 is a high-severity vulnerability in Puppet Device Manager, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-11748?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Puppet Device Manager

CVE-2018-11748

Previous releases of the Puppet device_manager module creates configuration files containing credentials that are world readable. This issue has been resolved as of device_manager 2.7.0.

Published 2018-10-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Puppet Device Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11748 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11748?: CVE-2018-11748 is a high-severity vulnerability in Puppet Device Manager, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-11748?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.