CVE-2016-5714

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."

• CWE-284

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714Vendor Advisory
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714Vendor Advisory
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12Third Party Advisory

Published

Oct 18, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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