What is CVE-2017-2294?

CVE-2017-2294 is a high-severity vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-2294?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Puppet Enterprise

CVE-2017-2294

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 failed to mark MCollective server private keys as sensitive (a feature added in Puppet 4.6), so key values could be logged and stored in PuppetDB. These releases use the sensitive…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.003 (54.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Puppet Enterprise — versions PE prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1
Puppet Puppet_enterprise — versions 2016.5.1, 2016.5.2, 2017.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security@puppet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2294?: CVE-2017-2294 is a high-severity vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-2294?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.