{
    "id": "CVE-2016-2785",
    "published": "2016-06-10 15:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:44:23",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-284",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.02889",
    "epss_percentile": "0.86520",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:14",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "puppet",
            "product": "puppet"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "puppet",
            "product": "puppet_agent"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "puppet",
            "product": "puppet_server"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}