{"cve":"CVE-2016-2785","nvd":{"published":"2016-06-10T15:59:00.140","modified":"2026-06-17T00:44:23.763","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-284"],"references":["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"],"products":["puppet:puppet","puppet:puppet_agent","puppet:puppet_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-2785","score":0.02889,"percentile":0.86894,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-pqj5-7r86-64fv","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pqj5-7r86-64fv","summary":"Puppet Improper Access Control","modified":"2024-02-16T08:03:18.529605Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"puppet","purl":"pkg:gem/puppet","ranges":[">=4.0.0 <4.4.2"],"fixed":["4.4.2"]}]}],"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."]}