CVE-2017-2294 affects Puppet Enterprise versions prior to 2016.4.5 and 2017.2.1. The vulnerability stems from the failure to mark MCollective server private keys as sensitive, leading to their logging and storage in PuppetDB. This is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) with a network attack vector and low complexity, potentially allowing for high confidentiality impact by exposing sensitive key values. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2016.4.3CPE 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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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