CVE-2016-2787

MEDIUM

Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x - Improper Access Control

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2787

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0060
EPSS Percentile 44.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (2)
puppet/puppet_enterprise 2015.3.2
puppetlabs/puppet_enterprise 2015.3
Published Feb 13, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026