CVE-2015-4100 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2015-4100?

CVE-2015-4100 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 21 Dec 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x and 3.8.0 might allow remote authenticated users to manage certificates for arbitrary nodes by leveraging a client certificate trusted by the master, aka a "Certificate Authority Reverse Proxy Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4100?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Puppet Puppet Enterprise.

How do I fix CVE-2015-4100?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4100 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2015-4100 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4100 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-75m2-x9qh-j7qr.