CVE-2015-8470

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Published 2017-12-11 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The console in Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x, 3.8.x, and 2015.2.x does not set the secure flag for the JSESSIONID cookie in an HTTPS session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8470

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8470.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
puppet	puppet_enterprise	`{"startIncluding":"3.7.0","endIncluding":"3.7.2"}`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8470.html
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8470

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.