Improper Authentication in Puppet Agent - CVE-2017-2297
Published: February 1, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37573
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2297
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Puppet Labs
Affected software:
Puppet Agent
Puppet Agent
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
Puppet Enterprise versions prior to 2016.4.5 and 2017.2.1 did not correctly authenticate users before returning labeled RBAC access tokens. This issue has been fixed in Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.5 and 2017.2.1. This only affects users with labeled tokens, which is not the default for tokens.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2297
Install update from vendor's website.