CVE-2017-2297 Auth bypass in Puppet Enterprise

What is CVE-2017-2297?

CVE-2017-2297 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 1 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Puppet Enterprise versions prior to 2016.4.5 and 2017.2.1 did not correctly authenticate users before returning labeled RBAC access tokens. This issue has been fixed in Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.5 and 2017.2.1. This only affects users with labeled tokens, which is not the default for tokens.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2297?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Puppet Puppet Enterprise.

How do I fix CVE-2017-2297?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2297 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2017-2297 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2297 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-86rf-m4cq-ghm6.