{"id":"CVE-2016-2787","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2787","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:57:36.492Z","title":"The Puppet Communications Protocol in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 does not properly validate certificates for the broker node, which allows remote non-whitelisted hosts to prevent runs from triggering via unspecified vectors.","description":"The Puppet Communications Protocol in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 does not properly validate certificates for the broker node, which allows remote non-whitelisted hosts to prevent runs from triggering via unspecified vectors.","published":"2017-02-13T18:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:44:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-284"],"affected":["puppet/puppet enterprise","puppetlabs/puppet enterprise"],"epss":{"score":0.00596,"percentile":0.48205,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2787","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2787","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2787","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}