CVE-2025-5459 is a critical vulnerability affecting Puppet Enterprise versions 2018.1.8 through 2023.8.3 and 2025.3, allowing a user with specific node group editing permissions to achieve root-level command execution on the primary host via a specially crafted class parameter. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage, organizations should prioritize patching to versions 2023.8.4 or 2025.4.0 to mitigate this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2018.1.8, < 2023.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2025.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2025.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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.