CVE-2017-2292 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2017-2292

Versions of MCollective prior to 2.10.4 deserialized YAML from agents...

Vulnerability Description

Versions of MCollective prior to 2.10.4 deserialized YAML from agents without calling safe_load, allowing the potential for arbitrary code execution on the server. The fix for this is to call YAML.safe_load on input. This has been tested in all Puppet-supplied MCollective plugins, but there is a chance that third-party plugins could rely on this insecure behavior.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mcollective, Puppet, Puppet Enterprise
Vulnerable Versions:
Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5, Puppet Enterprise 2016.5.x, Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x, Puppet Agent prior to 1.10.1

Timeline

Official Publish: June 30th, 2017
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.