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Vulnerability details: VCID-ugqt-zyga-1ydy
Vulnerability ID VCID-ugqt-zyga-1ydy
Aliases CVE-2020-7943
Summary puppet: puppet server and puppetDB may leak sensitive information via metrics API
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-7943.json
epss 0.65366 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-7943
epss 0.65366 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-7943
epss 0.65366 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-7943
epss 0.65366 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-7943
epss 0.65366 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-7943
epss 0.65366 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-7943
epss 0.65366 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-7943
epss 0.65366 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-7943
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7943
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7943
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-7943.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-7943
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7943/
1828486 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828486
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-7943 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7943
RHSA-2020:4366 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4366
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-7943.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7943
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7943
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.98474
EPSS Score 0.65366
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:10:06.133612+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-7943.json 38.0.0