CVE-2016-2788

critical

Published 2017-02-13 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

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

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

MCollective 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.9, as used in Puppet Enterprise, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the mco ping command.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2788

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2788

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.12.0+dfsg-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.12.0+dfsg-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
puppet	marionette_collective	`2.7.0`
puppet	marionette_collective	`2.8.0`
puppet	marionette_collective	`2.8.1`
puppet	marionette_collective	`2.8.2`
puppet	marionette_collective	`2.8.3`
puppet	marionette_collective	`2.8.4`
puppet	marionette_collective	`2.8.5`
puppet	marionette_collective	`2.8.6`
puppet	marionette_collective	`2.8.7`
puppet	marionette_collective	`2.8.8`
puppet	puppet_enterprise	`{"startIncluding":"3.8.0","endExcluding":"3.8.6"}`	`3.8.6`

References

CWEs

CWE-284

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