{"cve":"CVE-2014-3251","nvd":{"published":"2014-08-12T23:55:03.643","modified":"2026-06-17T00:07:51.093","status":"Modified","description":"The MCollective aes_security plugin, as used in Puppet Enterprise before 3.3.0 and Mcollective before 2.5.3, does not properly validate new server certificates based on the CA certificate, which allows local users to establish unauthorized Mcollective connections via unspecified vectors related to a race condition.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3251","http://secunia.com/advisories/59356","http://secunia.com/advisories/60066","http://www.osvdb.org/109257","http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3251"],"products":["puppet:puppet_enterprise","puppetlabs:mcollective"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:33:06.232976534+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-3251","score":0.00175,"percentile":0.06972,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}