CVE-2026-115732

Publication date 3 November 2026

Last updated 4 November 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

Incorrect authorization in the certificate-name matching of trapperkeeper-authorization, as used by Puppet Server, in the affected products, allows a client that holds a CA-signed certificate whose name extends or shortens an authorized hostname to be authorized as that host. This enables impersonation of other nodes and, in Puppet Enterprise, access to certificate-authority administration and remote command execution on managed nodes. Exploitation requires a certificate with a colliding name, which the certificate authority issues by approval or autosign.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
puppetserver 26.10 stonking
Needs evaluation
26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v4.0

Base score 9.0 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H


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