RCE in Puppet Agent
CVE-2016-5713
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 introduce…
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.011 (78.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Puppet Agent — versions Introduced in 1.3.0, fixed in 1.6.0
- Puppet Puppet_agent
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@puppet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-5713?
- CVE-2016-5713 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Puppet Agent, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-06.
- How severe is CVE-2016-5713?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-5713 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.