Security advisory

{
  "id": "6cd5698f3cd3216f51cae37c3266ad1327a46f79bb3ceedf4834d3db9610a466",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5714",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-5714",
    "summary": "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.\"",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-5714",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-5714",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-5714"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-agent",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "e6d7f093b7790cb6ac8d63ad705030b019fd35cf"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "cbfb202c201718ba20b0fd2499f2e7a4381c2db5"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.3.6"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.7.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5714.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-puppet_agent",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "1519a5f18b8ab9373d27dde32bacb604bf5af342"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.3.6"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.7.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.7.0",
            "1.6.0",
            "1.4.0",
            "1.3.2",
            "1.3.1",
            "1.3.0",
            "1.2.0",
            "1.1.0",
            "1.0.0",
            "0.2.0",
            "0.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5714.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:16.606390850Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12",
        "https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684",
        "https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "puppet:puppet_enterprise",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "2015.3.3"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2015.3.3"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2016.1.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2016.1.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2016.1.2"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2016.1.2"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2016.2.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2016.2.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2016.2.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2016.2.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-5714",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429384,
  "published_at": "2017-10-18T18:29:00.36+00:00"
}