CVE-2016-2786
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The pxp-agent component in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 and Puppet Agent 1.3.x before 1.3.6 does not properly validate server certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof brokers and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted certificate.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (8)
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also known as (3)
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references (6)
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- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2786cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02cnnvd
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2786enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02enisa_euvd
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2786Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02Third Party Advisorynvd
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