{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2018-6517", "ASSIGNER": "security@puppet.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "Puppet", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "Chloride", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "prior to 0.3.0" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Improper handling of known_hosts file" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "refsource": "CONFIRM", "name": "https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517", "url": "https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517" } ] }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] } }