CVE-2017-2294

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 failed to mark MCollective server private keys as sensitive (a feature added in Puppet 4.6), so key values could be logged and stored in PuppetDB. These releases use the sensitive data type to ensure this won't happen anymore.

Published: 2017-07-05 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-2294 is rated Moderate Risk (47.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-2294

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.60% 0.31% -0.29%
2 2025-03-29 0.31% 0.60% +0.29%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.31% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-2294

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-2294

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-2294

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2017-2294 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2294
ubuntu low CVE-2017-2294 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 5 status rows across 5 suites (trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2294

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-2294

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet puppet_enterprise <= 2016.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2016.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2016.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2017.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2017.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2017.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2017.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-2294

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