Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-2787

Title: Puppet Puppet Enterprise

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-2787.

CWE Category CWE-284

Published Date Feb 13, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.3 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.17%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-2787: The Puppet Communications Protocol in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 does not properly validate certificates for the broker node, which allows remote non-whitelisted hosts to prevent runs from triggering via unspecified vectors.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2787 https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2787

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-2787 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 20, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 13, 2017 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.