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CVE-2017-10689
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…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 70% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By puppet
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected prior to 2016.4.10 or 2017.3.4
- affected prior to 5.3.4 or 1.10.10
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemspuppetGHSA-vw22-465p-8j5w (opens in a new tab)
References
3
- USN-3567-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10689 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2927 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-5438 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vw22-465p-8j5w (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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