What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-11752?

CVE-2018-11752 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.3%.

Cisco Ios CVE-2018-11752

MEDIUM

Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522)

2018-10-02 security@puppet.com

Information Disclosure Cisco Ios

5.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.5 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Oct 02, 2018 - 19:29 nvd

MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionNVD

Previous releases of the Puppet cisco_ios module output SSH session debug information including login credentials to a world readable file on every run. These issues have been resolved in the 0.4.0 release.

AnalysisAI

Previous releases of the Puppet cisco_ios module output SSH session debug information including login credentials to a world readable file on every run. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522), which allows attackers to obtain user credentials due to weak protection mechanisms. Previous releases of the Puppet cisco_ios module output SSH session debug information including login credentials to a world readable file on every run. These issues have been resolved in the 0.4.0 release. Affected products include: Puppet Cisco Ios.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Hash passwords with strong algorithms (bcrypt, argon2), encrypt credentials in transit and at rest, never log credentials.