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TI-2016-04962 Aliases CVE-2016-5715GHSA-vgm7-rcgw-qc8p

Open redirect vulnerability in the Console in Puppet Enterprise 2015.x and 2016.x before…

Priority LOW 30CWE-601Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-601.

Summary

Open redirect vulnerability in the Console in Puppet Enterprise 2015.x and 2016.x before 2016.4.0 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a // (slash slash) followed by a domain in the redirect parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-6501.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01447 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2015.2.0 – 2015.3.3; 2016.1.1 – 2016.4.0VulnerablePuppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2015.2.0 – 2015.3.3; 2016.1.1 – 2016.4.0 Vulnerable ·Puppet

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-5715
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vgm7-rcgw-qc8p

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

  • TI-2017-05170 Integer overflow in nginx CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-02371 A privilege escalation allowing remote code execution was discovered in the orchestration service. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-01442 The (1) template and (2) inline_template functions in the master server in Puppet before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2018-04792 Code injection in Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, razor-server and… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-02330 MCollective 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.9, as used in Puppet Enterprise, allows remote… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-08596 A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent and Puppet Server that may result in a leak of HTTP… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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