CVE-2020-7942

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7942
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-7942.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-7942
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-02-19T21:15:11Z
Modified
2026-10-24T10:32:17Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Previously, Puppet operated on a model that a node with a valid certificate was entitled to all information in the system and that a compromised certificate allowed access to everything in the infrastructure. When a node's catalog falls back to the default node, the catalog can be retrieved for a different node by modifying facts for the Puppet run. This issue can be mitigated by setting strict_hostname_checking = true in puppet.conf on your Puppet master. Puppet 6.13.0 and 5.5.19 changes the default behavior for strict_hostname_checking from false to true. It is recommended that Puppet Open Source and Puppet Enterprise users that are not upgrading still set strict_hostname_checking to true to ensure secure behavior. Affected software versions: Puppet 6.x prior to 6.13.0 Puppet Agent 6.x prior to 6.13.0 Puppet 5.5.x prior to 5.5.19 Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.19 Resolved in: Puppet 6.13.0 Puppet Agent 6.13.0 Puppet 5.5.19 Puppet Agent 5.5.19

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "5.5.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "5.5.19"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "6.0.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "6.13.0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "puppet:puppet_agent"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/puppetlabs/puppet

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "5.5.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "5.5.19"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "6.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "6.13.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-7942.json"

Git / github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-agent

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-agent
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "5.5.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "5.5.19"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "5.5.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "5.5.19"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "6.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "6.13.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "6.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "6.13.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-7942.json"