CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-27018

The mechanism which performs certificate validation was discovered to have a flaw that resulted in certificates signed by an internal certificate authority to not be properly validated. This issue only affects clients that are configured to utilize Tenable.sc as the vulnerability data source.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27018 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:puppet:remediate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-08-30 06:15

Updated : 2021-09-07 06:29

NVD link : CVE-2021-27018

Mitre link : CVE-2021-27018

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation