puppet-tripleo: if ssl is enabled, traffic is open on both undercloud and overcloud
Published Apr 23, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.84%
Description
puppet-tripleo before versions 5.5.0, 6.2.0 is vulnerable to an access-control flaw in the IPtables rules management, which allowed the creation of TCP/UDP rules with empty port values. If SSL is enabled, a malicious user could use these open ports to gain access to unauthorized resources.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Puppet-Tripleo Defaultn/a
- Version puppet-tripleo 5.5.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version puppet-tripleo 6.2.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Puppet-Tripleo | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
- 5.5.0
- 6.2.0
No data.
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton)
puppet-tripleo-0:5.4.0-4.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0025
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata)
puppet-tripleo
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton) | puppet-tripleo-0:5.4.0-4.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0025 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) | puppet-tripleo | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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 | 0.84% (0.00839) | 56.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.85% (0.00852) | 53.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.19% (0.00189) | 38.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00108) | 45.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 14, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00108) | 42.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00104) | 40.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0025.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9599 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409687 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9599 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9599
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9599
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0025.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9599 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409687 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9599 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9599 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9599 |
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