CVE-2016-5714

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5714
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5714.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5714
Downstream
Published
2017-10-18T18:29:00.360Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:48:16.715321014Z
Severity
  • 7.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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."

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2015.3.3"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2015.3.3"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2016.1.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2016.1.1"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2016.1.2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2016.1.2"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2016.2.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2016.2.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2016.2.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2016.2.1"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "puppet:puppet_enterprise"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-agent

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-agent
Events
Database specific
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.3.6"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.0"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5714.json"

Git / github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-puppet_agent

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-puppet_agent
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
Database specific
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.3.6"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.0"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0
0.2.0
1.*
1.0.0
1.1.0
1.2.0
1.3.0
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.4.0
1.6.0
1.7.0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5714.json"