9.8

CVE-2016-5713: puppet puppet_agent Code Injection

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2016-5713
Published 06-12-2017Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-5713 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Code Injection vulnerability in puppet puppet_agent. EPSS estimates a 2.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.02%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.02% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.02%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • puppet< 4.7.0-1
Puppet1 product
  • puppet_agentIntroduced in 1.3.0, fixed in 1.6.0 | ≥ 1.3.0, < 1.6.0

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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