CVE-2017-2292 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting MCollective versions prior to 2.10.4, allowing arbitrary code execution on the server due to insecure YAML deserialization from agents. With a CVSS score of 9.0, it presents a high-impact threat (C:H/I:H/A:L) that can be exploited remotely with high privileges and low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:mcollective:*:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.4 Mastodon, and 1.7 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.