What is CVE-2020-7942?

CVE-2020-7942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2020-7942?

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

Vulnerability in Puppet

CVE-2020-7942

Previously, Puppet operated on a model that a node with a valid certificate was entitled to all information in the system and that a compromised certificate allowed access to everything in the infrastructure. When a node's catalog falls ba…

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.008 (53.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Puppet — versions 5.5.x prior to 5.5.19, Fixed in 5.5.19, 6.x prior to 6.13.0
Puppet Agent — versions 5.5.x prior to 5.5.19, Fixed in 5.5.19, 6.x prior to 6.13.0
Puppet Puppet_agent

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

security@puppet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7942?: CVE-2020-7942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-7942?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.