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....

MediumCVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.60%

Published: 2017-02-13 20:00
Updated: 2026-06-17 03:44
Exploit status: No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
puppet enterprise	= 2015.3.2	No fix listed
puppetlabs puppet enterprise	= 2015.3	No fix listed

References

puppet.com vendor-advisory

CVSS v3.0

5.3 Medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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

All scores (2)

v3.0 5.3 · nvd@nist.gov
v2.0 5.0 · nvd@nist.gov

Weakness & likelihood

EPSS (exploitation probability, 30 days): 0.60% (percentile 49.0)
CWE: CWE-284

Public exploit references

Metadata only. CVERadar never hosts or runs exploit code.

No public exploit references known.