CVE-2016-5714

HIGH

Puppet Enterprise <2016.4.0 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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."

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.0224
EPSS Percentile 80.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (6)
puppet/puppet_agent 1.3.6 - 1.7.0
puppet/puppet_enterprise 2015.3.3
puppet/puppet_enterprise 2016.1.1
puppet/puppet_enterprise 2016.1.2
puppet/puppet_enterprise 2016.2.0
puppet/puppet_enterprise 2016.2.1
Published Oct 18, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026