VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-5716

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-08-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The console in Puppet Enterprise 2015.x and 2016.x prior to 2016.4.0 includes unsafe string reads that potentially allows for remote code execution on the console node.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-134: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Primary references