VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-2786

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability1.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-06-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references