CVE-2016-2786 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 br...

CriticalCVSS 9.8 EPSS 1.6%

Published: 2016-06-10 18:00
Updated: 2026-06-17 03:44
Exploit status: No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
puppet agent	= 1.3.0	No fix listed
puppet agent	= 1.3.1	No fix listed
puppet agent	= 1.3.2	No fix listed
puppet agent	= 1.3.4	No fix listed
puppet agent	= 1.3.5	No fix listed
puppet enterprise	= 2015.3.0	No fix listed
puppet enterprise	= 2015.3.2	No fix listed

References

puppet.com vendor-advisory
GLSA-201606-02 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory

CVSS v3.1

9.8 Critical

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

All scores (2)

v3.1 9.8 · nvd@nist.gov
v2.0 7.5 · nvd@nist.gov

Weakness & likelihood

EPSS (exploitation probability, 30 days): 1.56% (percentile 75.6)
CWE: CWE-20

Public exploit references

Metadata only. CVERadar never hosts or runs exploit code.

No public exploit references known.