High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2016-5714
CVE-2016-5714
Description
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."
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
4- bugs.gentoo.org/597684nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714nvdVendor Advisory
- puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12nvdThird Party Advisory
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