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CVE-2017-2298

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.49% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-06-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2017-2298
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.49%

Original NVD Description

The mcollective-sshkey-security plugin before 0.5.1 for Puppet uses a server-specified identifier as part of a path where a file is written. A compromised server could use this to write a file to an arbitrary location on the client with the filename appended with the string "_pub.pem".

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