CVE-2017-2296

6.5 mediumEPSS 0.9%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 59% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
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-2017-2296
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2296

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