CVE-2016-5714

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.022 · 83 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.24% (83rd) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USprimary

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
puppet puppet agent1.3.6 → 1.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet enterprise= 2015.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet enterprise= 2016.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet enterprise= 2016.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet enterprise= 2016.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet enterprise= 2016.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-10-18modified 2026-06-17

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references (12)

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