Puppet Enterprise
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First CVE: Oct 27, 2011 · Active for 14 years
90
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 99% of tracked products
6.9
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 92% of tracked products
6.1
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 21% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Puppet Enterprise over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Oct 27, 2011
14 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 26, 2025
393 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Puppet Enterprise90 CVEs
12%
58%
21%
9%
All CVEs352,294 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHighCritical
Attack Vector
Local3 (3.3%)
Network40 (44.4%)
Unknown47 (52.2%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low39 (43.3%)
High4 (4.4%)
Unknown47 (52.2%)
User Interaction
None33 (36.7%)
Unknown47 (52.2%)
Required10 (11.1%)
Privileges Required
Low16 (17.8%)
High4 (4.4%)
None23 (25.6%)
Unknown47 (52.2%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (90 CVEs).
90 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2017-7529HIGH Nginx versions since 0.5.6 up to and including 1.13.2 are vulnerable to integer overflow vulnerability in nginx range filter module resulting into leak of potentially sensitive inf | Jul 13, 2017 | 7.5 | 59 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-27023CRITICAL A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent and Puppet Server that may result in a leak of HTTP credentials when following HTTP redirects to a different host. This is similar to CVE-2018 | Nov 18, 2021 | 9.8 | 31 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-7943HIGH Puppet Server and PuppetDB provide useful performance and debugging information via their metrics API endpoints. For PuppetDB this may contain things like hostnames. Puppet Server | Mar 11, 2020 | 7.5 | 31 | NO | YES |
CVE-2019-10694CRITICAL The express install, which is the suggested way to install Puppet Enterprise, gives the user a URL at the end of the install to set the admin password. If they do not use that URL, | Dec 12, 2019 | 9.8 | 31 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-11749CRITICAL When users are configured to use startTLS with RBAC LDAP, at login time, the user's credentials are sent via plaintext to the LDAP server. This affects Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.3, | Aug 24, 2018 | 9.8 | 31 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-2788CRITICAL MCollective 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.9, as used in Puppet Enterprise, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the mco ping command. | Feb 13, 2017 | 9.8 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-2786CRITICAL The pxp-agent component in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 and Puppet Agent 1.3.x before 1.3.6 does not properly validate server certificates, which might allow remote a | Jun 10, 2016 | 9.8 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-2530CRITICAL A privilege escalation allowing remote code execution was discovered in the orchestration service. | Jun 7, 2023 | 9.8 | 29 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-27021HIGH A flaw was discovered in Puppet DB, this flaw results in an escalation of privileges which allows the user to delete tables via an SQL query. | Jul 20, 2021 | 8.8 | 28 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-6512CRITICAL The previous version of Puppet Enterprise 2018.1 is vulnerable to unsafe code execution when upgrading pe-razor-server. Affected releases are Puppet Enterprise: 2018.1.x versions p | Jun 11, 2018 | 9.8 | 28 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (90 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
1 CVE
1.1% of CVEs· 96th percentile
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (90 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (90 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Puppet Enterprise
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8.2 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8.1 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8.0 | 2 | 5.8 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1.0 | 7 | 5.7 | 2.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.0.1 | 2 | 5.7 | 1.1% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.0.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1.1% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8.6 | 1 | 5.0 | 1.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8.5 | 1 | 5.0 | 1.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8.4 | 1 | 5.0 | 1.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8.3 | 11 | 5.5 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8.2 | 13 | 5.3 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8.1 | 13 | 5.3 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8.0 | 14 | 5.4 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7.1 | 4 | 6.3 | 3.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7.0 | 4 | 6.3 | 3.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5.2 | 15 | 5.8 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5.1 | 15 | 5.8 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.0.3 | 1 | 6.8 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2025.3.0 | 1 | 8.8 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |