VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-2296

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.88%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x and 2017.2.1, using specially formatted strings with certain formatting characters as Classifier node group names or RBAC role display names causes errors, effectively causing a DOS to the service. This was resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2017.2.2.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references