CVE-2018-11746

Puppet Discovery can leak authentication information

Published Jul 3, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 8.6 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Puppet Discovery prior to 1.2.0, when running Discovery against Windows hosts, WinRM connections can fall back to using basic auth over insecure channels if a HTTPS server is not available. This can expose the login credentials being used by Puppet Discovery.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-3765 In Puppet Discovery prior to 1.2.0, when running Discovery against Windows hosts, WinRM connections can fall back to using basic auth over insecure channels if a HTTPS server is not available. This can expose the login credentials being used by Puppet Discovery.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
puppet
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:55 PM
Reserved
Jun 5, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 3, 2018, 1:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:36 AM