CVE-2018-6514: Puppet

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2, Facter on Windows is vulnerable to a DLL preloading attack, which could lead to a privilege escalation.

Affected products

• Puppet Puppet: from 1.10.0, before 1.10.13 (fixed in 1.10.13); from 5.3.0, before 5.3.7 (fixed in 5.3.7); from 5.5.0, before 5.5.2 (fixed in 5.5.2)

Published 2018-06-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.