Improper Access Control Affecting puppet package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PUPPET-9861586
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed28 Aug 2017

Introduced: 28 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-10689  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 puppet.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream puppet package and not the puppet package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability.