debian · CVE-2018-6516

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:58:39 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2018-6516 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1.

Description:

On Windows only, with a specifically crafted configuration file an attacker could get Puppet PE client tools (aka pe-client-tools) 16.4.x prior to 16.4.6, 17.3.x prior to 17.3.6, and 18.1.x prior to 18.1.2 to load arbitrary code with privilege escalation.

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