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CVE-2016-2788

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2788 is a critical vulnerability affecting MCollective versions 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.9, including its use in Puppet Enterprise. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted mco ping commands. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:marionette_collective:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:marionette_collective:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:marionette_collective:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:marionette_collective:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:marionette_collective:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0228 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ruby193-mcollective

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-2788Moderate

mcollective: Improper validation of fields in MCollective pings

Aug 9, 2016

References

puppet.com / security/cve/cve-2016-2788
Vendor Advisory