CVE•Published 2017-03-03•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-2290Puppet · Mcollective-puppet-agent
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
On Windows installations of the mcollective-puppet-agent plugin, version 1.12.0, a non-administrator user can create an executable that will be executed with administrator privileges on the next "mco puppet" run. Puppet Enterprise users are not affected. This is resolved in mcollective-puppet-agent 1.12.1.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-03
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-2290Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Puppet Mcollective-puppet-agent" version:"1.12.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Mcollective-puppet-agent"HTTP body or banner mentions "Mcollective-puppet-agent" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-2290Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-2290Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-2290Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-2290GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-2290" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.