Description
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 introduced in Puppet Agent 1.3.0.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5713
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0202
EPSS Percentile
78.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (2)
Puppet/Puppet Agent
Introduced in 1.3.0, fixed in 1.6.0
puppet/puppet_agent
1.3.0 - 1.6.0
Published
Dec 06, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026