What is CVE-2022-3276?

CVE-2022-3276 is a high-severity vulnerability in Puppet Puppetlabs-Mysql, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2022-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-3276?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

RCE in Puppet Puppetlabs-Mysql

CVE-2022-3276

Command injection is possible in the puppetlabs-mysql module prior to version 13.0.0. A malicious actor is able to exploit this vulnerability only if they are able to provide unsanitized input to the module. This condition is rare in most deployments of Puppet and Puppet Enterprise.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2022-10-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.017 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Puppet Puppetlabs-Mysql — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3276 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3276?: CVE-2022-3276 is a high-severity vulnerability in Puppet Puppetlabs-Mysql, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2022-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-3276?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.