puppet: incorrect URL decoding
Published Jun 10, 2016
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.89%
Description
Puppet Server before 2.3.2 and Ruby puppetmaster in Puppet 4.x before 4.4.2 and in Puppet Agent before 1.4.2 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended auth.conf access restrictions by leveraging incorrect URL decoding.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.1.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.2.3
- 4.3.0
- 4.3.1
- 4.3.2
- 4.4.0
- 4.4.1
Configuration 2
- 2.0.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.2.0
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
Configuration 3
- 1.4.1
No data.
OpenStack Foreman
puppet
Will not fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
puppet
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
puppet
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) Installer
puppet
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
puppet
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
puppet
Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
puppet
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack Foreman | puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) Installer | puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) | puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) | puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of Puppet as shipped with various Red Hat products as they did not include support Puppet 3.x (using Passenger 4.x).
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.89% (0.02889) | 86.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.89% (0.02889) | 85.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00091) | 23.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 79.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 78.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 75.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2785 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1331024 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pqj5-7r86-64fv Advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/6592a8166572e5f1b7d058474059b8519ec81387
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commits/4.4.2
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/4921/commits/8d2ce797db265720f0a20d1d46ee2757b4e4f6b2 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2785
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2785 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2785
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2785 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1331024 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pqj5-7r86-64fv | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/6592a8166572e5f1b7d058474059b8519ec81387 | ||
| https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commits/4.4.2 | ||
| https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/4921/commits/8d2ce797db265720f0a20d1d46ee2757b4e4f6b2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2785 | ||
| https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2785 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2785 |
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