{"id":"CVE-2017-2293","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-2293","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:22.821Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-02-01T22:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:15:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@puppet.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["puppet/puppet enterprise"],"epss":{"score":0.00688,"percentile":0.52503,"date":"2026-10-27","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 (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2293","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@puppet.com"},{"url":"https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2293","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2293","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."}