CVE-2017-2293
Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on all managed agents.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on all managed agents. This release adds default configuration to not allow these actions. Customers who rely on this functionality can change this policy.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 53th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- puppet/puppet enterprise
- Source
- security@puppet.com
EPSS 0.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2293Vendor Advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2293Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.