{"cve":"CVE-2016-5714","nvd":{"published":"2017-10-18T18:29:00.360","modified":"2026-06-17T00:49:55.163","status":"Modified","description":"Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.3 and 2016.x before 2016.4.0, and Puppet Agent 1.3.6 through 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to bypass a host whitelist protection mechanism and execute arbitrary code on Puppet nodes via vectors related to command validation, aka \"Puppet Execution Protocol (PXP) Command Whitelist Validation Vulnerability.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.2},"cwes":["CWE-284"],"references":["https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684","https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714","https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12","https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684"],"products":["puppet:puppet_agent","puppet:puppet_enterprise"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:47:01.408438353+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-5714","score":0.02241,"percentile":0.82839,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}