CVE-2016-5714: Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.3 and 2016.x before 2016.4.0, and Puppet Agent 1.3.6 through 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to bypass a host whitelist protection…

PriorityP347high7.2CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.24%

80.9th percentile

Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.3 and 2016.x before 2016.4.0, and Puppet Agent 1.3.6 through 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to bypass a host whitelist protection mechanism and execute arbitrary code on Puppet nodes via vectors related to command validation, aka "Puppet Execution Protocol (PXP) Command Whitelist Validation Vulnerability."

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	puppet	< puppet 4.8.0-1 (bullseye)	puppet 4.8.0-1 (bullseye)
puppet	puppet	>= 0 < 4.8.0-1	4.8.0-1
puppet	puppet_agent	1.3.6 – 1.7.0	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.2HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.5MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv7.2HIGH

vendor_debian7.2HIGH

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