CVE-2016-5714

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    CVE-2016-5714

    Published: 18 Oct 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    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."

    References: https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12, https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684, https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- e6d7f093b7790cb6ac8d63ad705030b019fd35cf
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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