Puppet Enterprise vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-7943 [HIGH] CWE-276 CVE-2020-7943: Puppet Server and PuppetDB provide useful performance and debugging information via their metrics AP Puppet Server and PuppetDB provide useful performance and debugging information via their metrics API endpoints. For PuppetDB this may contain things like hostnames. Puppet Server reports resource names and titles for defined types (which may contain sensitive information) as well as function names and class names. Previously, these endpoints were open

CVE-2017-7529 [HIGH] CWE-190 CVE-2017-7529: Nginx versions since 0.5.6 up to and including 1.13.2 are vulnerable to integer overflow vulnerabili Nginx versions since 0.5.6 up to and including 1.13.2 are vulnerable to integer overflow vulnerability in nginx range filter module resulting into leak of potentially sensitive information triggered by specially crafted request.

CVE-2016-2788 [CRITICAL] CWE-284 CVE-2016-2788: MCollective 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.9, as used in Puppet Enterprise, allows remote attackers to e MCollective 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.9, as used in Puppet Enterprise, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the mco ping command.

CVE-2023-2530 [CRITICAL] CVE-2023-2530: A privilege escalation allowing remote code execution was discovered in the orchestration service. A privilege escalation allowing remote code execution was discovered in the orchestration service.

CVE-2025-5459 [HIGH] CWE-78 CVE-2025-5459: A user with specific node group editing permissions and a specially crafted class parameter could be A user with specific node group editing permissions and a specially crafted class parameter could be used to execute commands as root on the primary host. It affects Puppet Enterprise versions 2018.1.8 through 2023.8.3 and 2025.3 and has been resolved in versions 2023.8.4 and 2025.4.0.

CVE-2018-6512 [CRITICAL] CWE-94 CVE-2018-6512: The previous version of Puppet Enterprise 2018.1 is vulnerable to unsafe code execution when upgradi The previous version of Puppet Enterprise 2018.1 is vulnerable to unsafe code execution when upgrading pe-razor-server. Affected releases are Puppet Enterprise: 2018.1.x versions prior to 2018.1.1 and razor-server and pe-razor-server prior to 1.9.0.0.

CVE-2015-7330 [HIGH] CWE-254 CVE-2015-7330: Puppet Enterprise 2015.3 before 2015.3.1 allows remote attackers to bypass a host whitelist protecti Puppet Enterprise 2015.3 before 2015.3.1 allows remote attackers to bypass a host whitelist protection mechanism by leveraging the Puppet communications protocol.

CVE-2013-1640 [CRITICAL] CVE-2013-1640: The (1) template and (2) inline_template functions in the master server in Puppet before 2.6.18, 2.7 The (1) template and (2) inline_template functions in the master server in Puppet before 2.6.18, 2.7.x before 2.7.21, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, and Puppet Enterprise before 1.2.7 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted catalog request.

CVE-2016-5716 [HIGH] CWE-134 CVE-2016-5716: The console in Puppet Enterprise 2015.x and 2016.x prior to 2016.4.0 includes unsafe string reads th The console in Puppet Enterprise 2015.x and 2016.x prior to 2016.4.0 includes unsafe string reads that potentially allows for remote code execution on the console node.

CVE-2016-2786 [CRITICAL] CWE-20 CVE-2016-2786: The pxp-agent component in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 and Puppet Agent 1.3.x before The pxp-agent component in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 and Puppet Agent 1.3.x before 1.3.6 does not properly validate server certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof brokers and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted certificate.

CVE-2013-3567 [HIGH] CWE-20 CVE-2013-3567: Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.22 and 3.2.x before 3.2.2, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.8.2, deserializes Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.22 and 3.2.x before 3.2.2, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.8.2, deserializes untrusted YAML, which allows remote attackers to instantiate arbitrary Ruby classes and execute arbitrary code via a crafted REST API call.

CVE-2021-27021 [HIGH] CWE-1027 CVE-2021-27021: A flaw was discovered in Puppet DB, this flaw results in an escalation of privileges which allows th A flaw was discovered in Puppet DB, this flaw results in an escalation of privileges which allows the user to delete tables via an SQL query.

CVE-2016-5714 [HIGH] CWE-284 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 re 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."

CVE-2023-5309 [CRITICAL] CWE-384 CVE-2023-5309: Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2021.7.6 and 2023.5 contain a flaw which results in broken se Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2021.7.6 and 2023.5 contain a flaw which results in broken session management for SAML implementations.

CVE-2013-1655 [HIGH] CWE-20 CVE-2013-1655: Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.21 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, when running Ruby 1.9.3 or later, allows remote a Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.21 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, when running Ruby 1.9.3 or later, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "serialized attributes."

CVE-2019-10694 [CRITICAL] CWE-798 CVE-2019-10694: The express install, which is the suggested way to install Puppet Enterprise, gives the user a URL a The express install, which is the suggested way to install Puppet Enterprise, gives the user a URL at the end of the install to set the admin password. If they do not use that URL, there is an overlooked default password for the admin user. This was resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2019.0.3 and 2018.1.9.

CVE-2021-27023 [CRITICAL] CVE-2021-27023: A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent and Puppet Server that may result in a leak of HTTP credential A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent and Puppet Server that may result in a leak of HTTP credentials when following HTTP redirects to a different host. This is similar to CVE-2018-1000007

CVE-2018-11749 [CRITICAL] CWE-319 CVE-2018-11749: When users are configured to use startTLS with RBAC LDAP, at login time, the user's credentials are When users are configured to use startTLS with RBAC LDAP, at login time, the user's credentials are sent via plaintext to the LDAP server. This affects Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.3, 2017.3.9, and 2016.4.14, and is fixed in Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.4, 2017.3.10, and 2016.4.15. It scored an 8.5 CVSS score.

CVE-2018-6513 [HIGH] CWE-426 CVE-2018-6513: Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, and Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2, were vulnerable to an attack where an unprivileged user on Windows agents could write custom facts that c

CVE-2018-6508 [HIGH] CWE-134 CVE-2018-6508: Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a special Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affects tasks in the affected modules, if you are not using puppet tasks you are not affected by this vulnerability.