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
Published Dec 6, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.02%
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
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- Version Introduced in 1.3.0, fixed in 1.6.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puppet | Puppet Agent | n/a |
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- ≥ 1.3.0 · < 1.6.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.02% (0.02022) | 80.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.02% (0.02022) | 78.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.18% (0.01180) | 76.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.10% (0.04104) | 80.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.18% (0.01180) | 77.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00260) | 66.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 3, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00275) | 68.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00269) | 66.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.23% (0.00231) | 59.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.60% (0.01599) | 75.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 5, 2023 | 1.60% (0.01599) | 74.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Nov 1, 2022 | 1.30% (0.01298) | 67.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 1.19% (0.01190) | 60.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.09% (0.01086) | 49.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.09% (0.01086) | 28.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (1)
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5713 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5713 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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