CVE-2016-2787 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2787?

CVE-2016-2787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 13 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Puppet Communications Protocol in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 does not properly validate certificates for the broker node, which allows remote non-whitelisted hosts to prevent runs from triggering via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2787?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Puppet Puppet Enterprise, Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2787?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2787 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-2787 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2787 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2018-11749 Information disclosure in Puppet Enterprise Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-27020 Other in Puppet Enterprise High 8.8
• CVE-2015-5686 Cross-site request forgery in n/a High 8.8

All Puppet Puppet Enterprise vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-frr9-9gjp-4944.