CVE-2017-2293

4.9 mediumEPSS 0.7%

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on all managed agents. This release adds default configuration to not allow these actions. Customers who rely on this functionality can change this policy.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

4.9 medium

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

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 52% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2018-02-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

puppet:puppet_enterprise

References

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2293
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2293

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