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

Published: 2018-02-09 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-10690 is rated Moderate Risk (47.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.03%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-10690

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.20% 1.03% +0.83%
2 2025-03-30 0.65% 0.20% -0.45%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.65% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-10690

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-10690

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-10690

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2017-10690 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-10690
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10690
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-10690 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 4 status rows across 4 suites (artful, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10690

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-10690

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet puppet < 5.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise < 2017.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat satellite 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-10690

cvelogic Threat Intelligence