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CVE-2018-6517
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2019-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-295
Description
Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation. In version 0.3.0 this is updated so that the user's known_hosts file is not updated by chloride.
Affected products
- Puppet Chloride: before 0.3.0 — fixed in 0.3.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Puppet Chloride 0.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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