CVE-2016-5714

high

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12

https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714

https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-10-18

Updated: 2022-01-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High