CVE-2016-5713 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.
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-5713 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-5713 is a critical vulnerability in Puppet Agent, published on 6 Dec 2017.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5713 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Puppet Agent. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5713/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5713/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-5713?
CVE-2016-5713 is a critical vulnerability in Puppet Agent, published on 6 Dec 2017.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5713?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Puppet Puppet Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5713?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-5713 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5713 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Puppet Agent
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5713, GHSA-mvpp-7hv9-px53.