What is CVE-2016-2787?

CVE-2016-2787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Puppet_enterprise, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-2787?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Puppet Puppet_enterprise

CVE-2016-2787

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (38.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Puppet Puppet_enterprise — versions 2015.3.2
Puppetlabs Puppet_enterprise — versions 2015.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2787?: CVE-2016-2787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Puppet_enterprise, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-2787?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.