CVE catalog
CVE-2016-2788
mcollective: CVE-2016-2788
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.28% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mcollective | bookworm | 2.12.5+dfsg-1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mcollective | source | bookworm | 2.12.0+dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [850968] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [mcollective]Fixed
Details (2)
2.12.5+dfsg-1.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.12.0+dfsg-1dsa · mcollective · debian · bookworm; dsa · mcollective · debian · 12
2.12.5+dfsg-1.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.12.0+dfsg-1dsa · mcollective · debian · bookworm; dsa · mcollective · debian · 12
- [mcollective-client]Fixed
Source package: [mcollective]
Details (2)
2.12.5+dfsg-1.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.12.0+dfsg-1dsa · mcollective · debian · bookworm; dsa · mcollective · debian · 12
2.12.5+dfsg-1.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.12.0+dfsg-1dsa · mcollective · debian · bookworm; dsa · mcollective · debian · 12
- [mcollective-common]Fixed
Source package: [mcollective]
Details (2)
2.12.5+dfsg-1.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.12.0+dfsg-1dsa · mcollective · debian · bookworm; dsa · mcollective · debian · 12
2.12.5+dfsg-1.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.12.0+dfsg-1dsa · mcollective · debian · bookworm; dsa · mcollective · debian · 12
- [mcollective-doc]Fixed
Source package: [mcollective]
Details (2)
2.12.5+dfsg-1.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.12.0+dfsg-1dsa · mcollective · debian · bookworm; dsa · mcollective · debian · 12
2.12.5+dfsg-1.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.12.0+dfsg-1dsa · mcollective · debian · bookworm; dsa · mcollective · debian · 12
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2788]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2788]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-2788.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]