Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-2785

Title: Puppet Puppet Agent

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-2785.

CWE Category CWE-284
Published Date Jun 10, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.17%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-2785: 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.

Impacted Vendors

R
reductivelabs 1
P
puppet 3

Reference Links

https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/4921/commits/8d2ce797db265720f0a20d1d46ee2757b4e4f6b2 https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2785 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02 https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/4921/commits/8d2ce797db265720f0a20d1d46ee2757b4e4f6b2 https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2785 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-2785 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.