CVE-2025-5459

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.011 · 64 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.06% (64th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A user with specific node group editing permissions and a specially crafted class parameter could be used to execute commands as root on the primary host. It affects Puppet Enterprise versions 2018.1.8 through 2023.8.3 and 2025.3 and has been resolved in versions 2023.8.4 and 2025.4.0.

cvss

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

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–8.8

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v4.08.6highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v4.08.6highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · security@puppet.com

v4.06.1mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Puppet Puppet< 2023.8.4cert_bundDE
Puppet Puppet< 2025.4.0cert_bundDE
Perforce Puppet Enterprise≤ 2018.1.8 ≤2023.8.3, 2025.3enisa_euvdEU
puppet puppet enterprise2018.1.8 → 2023.8.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet enterprise= 2025.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-1401Puppet: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Ausführen von beliebigem Programmcode mit AdministratorrechtenDeutsch2025-06-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Puppet ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-06-26modified 2026-09-04

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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