CVE-2017-2296
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x and 2017.2.1, using specially formatted strings with certain formatting characters as Classifier node group names or RBAC role display names causes errors, effectively causing a DOS to the service. This was resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2017.2.2.
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