CVE-2017-2293 describes a vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise versions prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1, where a misconfigured MCollective allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on managed agents. This issue has a CVSS score of 4.9 (Medium), indicating that an attacker with high privileges could achieve high integrity impact without user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2016.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2017.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2017.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2017.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2017.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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