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CVE-2015-8470

The console in Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x, 3.8.x, and 2015.2.x does not set the secure flag for the...

6.5 Medium

The console in Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x, 3.8.x, and 2015.2.x does not set the secure flag for the JSESSIONID cookie in an HTTPS session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.62%Up 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

The console in Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x, 3.8.x, and 2015.2.x does not set the secure flag for the JSESSIONID cookie in an HTTPS session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session.

Record
CVE-2015-8470
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The console in Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x, 3.8.x, and 2015.2.x does not set the secure flag for the JSESSIONID cookie in an HTTPS session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session.

Record
CVE-2015-8470
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8352 No score

The console in Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x, 3.8.x, and 2015.2.x does not set the secure flag for the JSESSIONID cookie in an HTTPS session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session.

Record
EUVD-2015-8352
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q6x9-v42r-65c3 6.5

The console in Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x, 3.8.x, and 2015.2.x does not set the secure flag for the...

The console in Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x, 3.8.x, and 2015.2.x does not set the secure flag for the JSESSIONID cookie in an HTTPS session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session.

Record
GHSA-q6x9-v42r-65c3
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-8470 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Puppet Enterprise, published December 11, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.62%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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