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.

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Solution

Upgrade to Puppet Enterprise 2023.8.13, 2025.12.1, or 2026.0.1 as applicable. The fix ships to every service that uses the library.


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History

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Certificate Name Authorization Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-697
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9, '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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Perforce

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-03T20:38:24.169Z

Reserved: 2026-10-23T11:46:46.648Z

Link: CVE-2026-115732

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-03T21:17:02.033

Modified: 2026-11-03T21:17:02.033

Link: CVE-2026-115732

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