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CVE-2016-2786

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published6/10/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

puppet:puppet_agentpuppet:puppet_enterprise

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

References

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2786(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02(cve@mitre.org)

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2786(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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