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CVE-2016-2786

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
10/06/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The pxp-agent component in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 and Puppet Agent 1.3.x before 1.3.6 does not properly validate server certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof brokers and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted certificate.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
9.80
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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