Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-2786

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.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2786nvdVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02nvdThird Party Advisory

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