CVE-2016-5716 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Puppet Enterprise versions 2015.x and 2016.x prior to 2016.4.0, stemming from unsafe string reads within the console. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the console node with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2015.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2015.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2015.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2015.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2015.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.