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CVE-2016-2785 — Vulnerability in puppet — CVE Details

CRITICAL

Puppet Improper Access Control

Published May 13, 2022Updated February 16, 2024Source: osv

Summary

Puppet Server before 2.3.2 and Ruby puppetmaster in Puppet 4.x before 4.4.2 and in Puppet Agent before 1.4.2 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended auth.conf access restrictions by leveraging incorrect URL decoding.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published May 13, 2022 (1613 days ago).
  • Last revised February 16, 2024 — 644 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler
Update puppet to 4.4.2 or later
gem install puppet -v 4.4.2

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
puppet
rubygems
4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.2.1 (+7 more)4.4.2

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2016-2785?
Puppet Improper Access Control This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2016-2785?
CVE-2016-2785 affects puppet. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2016-2785 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-pqj5-7r86-64fv

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