CVE-2021-27017 Deserialization of untrusted data
Medium 6.6
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-27017 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2021-27017 is a medium-severity vulnerability in PuppetPu Puppet Agent, published on 7 Feb 2025.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27017 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: PuppetPu 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-2021-27017/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27017/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-27017?
CVE-2021-27017 is a medium-severity vulnerability in PuppetPu Puppet Agent, published on 7 Feb 2025.
Official description
Utilization of a module presented a security risk by allowing the deserialization of untrusted/user supplied data. This is resolved in the Puppet Agent 7.4.0 release.
Weakness: CWE-502
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27017?
How do I fix CVE-2021-27017?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27017 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-27017 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27017 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4wqj-x526-3j69.