CVE-2018-6516

—

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p56

Published

Jun 14, 2018 (Jun 14, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: puppet
Products: puppet enterprise client tools
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.8%)

In the news0 stories

No ingested article mentions this CVE yet.