CVE-2016-2786

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CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

EPSS

2%p74

Published

Jun 10, 2016 (Jun 10, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The pxp-agent component in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 and Puppet Agent 1.3.x before 1.3.6 does not properly validate server certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof brokers and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted certificate.

Vendors: puppet
Products: puppet agent, puppet enterprise
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.6%)

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