CVE-2016-2785
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Puppet Server before 2.3.2 and Ruby puppetmaster in Puppet 4.x before 4.4.2 and in Puppet Agent before 1.4.2 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended auth.conf access restrictions by leveraging incorrect URL decoding.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.89% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-284 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-06-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| puppet | puppet |
| puppet | puppet agent |
| puppet | puppet server |
References
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/4921/commits/8d2ce797db265720f0a20d1d46ee2757b4e4f6b2
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2785
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/4921/commits/8d2ce797db265720f0a20d1d46ee2757b4e4f6b2
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2785
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02
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