9.8

CVE-2016-2788: puppet marionette_collective Improper Access Control

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2016-2788
Published 13-02-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2788 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Access Control vulnerability in puppet marionette_collective. EPSS estimates a 2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.28%
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. 13-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MCollective 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.9, as used in Puppet Enterprise, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the mco ping command.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.28% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.28%

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

Puppet2 products
Debian1 product
  • mcollective< 2.12.0+dfsg-1

2 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links