CVE-2016-2787

MEDIUM

Puppet Enterprise - Improper Access Control

Title source: rule

Description

The Puppet Communications Protocol in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 does not properly validate certificates for the broker node, which allows remote non-whitelisted hosts to prevent runs from triggering via unspecified vectors.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2787

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 38.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-284

Status published

Affected Products (3)

puppet/puppet_enterprise

puppetlabs/puppet_enterprise

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Feb 13, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026