Security advisory

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  "id": "f398ba117fdf1981e0fd356648c3ee14e3de89b26af50d47fbafec0343a09b38",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6514",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-6514",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-6514",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "aliases": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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            "5.3.1",
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          ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "fixed": "1.10.13"
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                    ],
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                  {
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                    ],
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                  },
                  {
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          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:02.058931978Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6514"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
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            "vendor_product": "puppet:puppet",
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              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-6514",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439933,
  "published_at": "2018-06-11T20:29:00.3+00:00"
}