CVE-2016-2785

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 10, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-2785: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix