Is CVE-2018-6517 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6517 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6517?

CVE-2018-6517 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6517?

CVE-2018-6517 has an EPSS score of 0.89% (55th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6517?

Upgrade chloride to 0.3.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6517

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation. In version 0.3.0 this is updated so that the user's known_hosts file is not updated by chloride.

CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

chlorideNVD

Affected:< 0.3.0Fixed in:0.3.0CVE-2018-6517derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.89%probability of exploitation in 30 days

55thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 55% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

puppet.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-4000	Low	3.7	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-0601	High	8.1	89%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2009-3555	Critical	9.8	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-26923	High	8.8	83%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-27823	Critical	9.8	53%	-	-
CVE-2022-42979	High	8.8	24%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.