CVE-2016-5713 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....
CriticalCVSS 9.8
EPSS 2.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/puppet(Debian:11) | < 4.7.0-1 | 4.7.0-1 |
| puppet agent | >= 1.3.0, < 1.6.0 | 1.6.0 |
| puppet agent | = Introduced in 1.3.0, fixed in 1.6.0 | No fix listed |
References
- security-tracker.debian.org vendor-advisory
- puppet.com vendor-advisory