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Package details: pkg:gem/puppet@5.6
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Risk 3.1
Vulnerabilities affecting this package (1)
Vulnerability Summary Fixed by
VCID-63rx-372a-ukby
Aliases:
CVE-2020-7942
GHSA-gqvf-892r-vjm5
Improper Certificate Validation in Puppet Previously, Puppet operated on the 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 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.
6.13.0
Affected by 8 other vulnerabilities.
Vulnerabilities fixed by this package (0)
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Date Actor Action Vulnerability Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T15:18:22.651355+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-63rx-372a-ukby https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2020-7942.yml 38.0.0