9.8

CVE-2016-2785: puppet Improper Access Control

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesGHSA-pqj5-7r86-64fv
Published 10-06-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2785 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Access Control vulnerability in puppet. EPSS estimates a 2.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.89%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-06-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.89% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.89%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Puppet3 products
  • puppetEOL4.0.0 | 4.0.0:rc1 | 4.0.0:rc2 | 4.0.0:rc3 | 4.1.0 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.1
  • puppet_agent1.4.1
  • puppet_server2.0.0 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.2.0 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.1
RubyGems1 product
  • puppet≥ 4.0.0, < 4.4.2

2 vendors · 4 products

References

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