Medium severity · published Feb 1, 2018
CVE-2017-2293
Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on…
4.9
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on all managed agents. This release adds default configuration to not allow these actions. Customers who rely on this functionality can change this policy.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PE
Puppet Enterprise · Puppet
before 2016.4.5; 2016.5.1; 2016.5.2; 2017.1.0; 2017.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2293
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2293
Vendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2293
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