CVE catalog

CVE-2018-6514

facter: CVE-2018-6514

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Low
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.85% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianfactertrixie4.10.0-1not affected
Debianfacterbookworm4.3.0-2not affected

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
DebianfactersourcetrixieNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianfactersourcebookwormNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [facter]Not affected
    Details (2)
    • 4.3.0-2 · all · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · facter · debian · bookworm

    • 4.3.0-2 · all · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · facter · debian · bookworm

Observed:

References