CVE-2016-5713 — Code Injection in Agent

CWE-94 — Code Injection5 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PuppetPuppet Agent
Timeline
PublishedDec 6
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Versions of Puppet Agent prior to 1.6.0 included a version of the Puppet Execution Protocol (PXP) agent that passed environment variables through to Puppet runs. This could allow unauthorized code to be loaded. This bug was first introduced in Puppet Agent 1.3.0.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDpuppet/puppet_agent1.3.0 — 1.6.0
▶CVEListV5puppet/puppet_agentIntroduced in 1.3.0, fixed in 1.6.0
▶Debianpuppet/puppet< 4.7.0-1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mvpp-7hv9-px53: Versions of Puppet Agent prior to 1↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-5713: Versions of Puppet Agent prior to 1↗2017-12-06
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OSV
CVE-2016-5713: Versions of Puppet Agent prior to 1↗2017-12-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-5713: puppet - Versions of Puppet Agent prior to 1.6.0 included a version of the Puppet Executi...↗2016
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