CVE-2016-5714

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 18, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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