CVE-2016-2786 describes a critical vulnerability in the pxp-agent component of Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x (before 2015.3.3) and Puppet Agent 1.3.x (before 1.3.6). This flaw stems from improper server certificate validation, allowing remote attackers to spoof brokers. With a crafted certificate, an attacker could execute arbitrary commands, leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSSv3 score of 9.8 (Critical). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.