CVE-2016-5713
N/A
Published: December 6, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPuppet Agent
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
1.3.0 ≤ v < 1.6.0Introduced in 1.3.0, fixed in 1.6.0
Affected range stops below 1.6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5713Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94
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