# CVE-2017-2293: Missing authorization in Puppet Enterprise

> Puppet Enterprise allowed arbitrary package installation on agents due to insecure default MCollective configuration, enabling remote code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wg8j-wm67-mv7w

## What is CVE-2017-2293?

CVE-2017-2293 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 1 Feb 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on all managed agents. This release adds default configuration to not allow these actions. Customers who rely on this functionality can change this policy.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2293?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Puppet Puppet Enterprise.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-2293?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2293 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-2293 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2293 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Puppet Puppet Enterprise

- [CVE-2023-2530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2530/): Privilege escalation in Puppet Enterprise (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-10694](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10694/): Hardcoded credentials in Puppet Enterprise (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11749](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11749/): Information disclosure in Puppet Enterprise (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-27020](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27020/): Other in Puppet Enterprise (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-5686](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5686/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-2293 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-2293 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 1 Feb 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2293 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Puppet Puppet Enterprise. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2293/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2293/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2293
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2293
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2293

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2293/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.