---
title: "Puppet Agent vulnerabilities and CVEs"
url: https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet/puppet-agent
type: product
description: "Puppet Agent has 12 published CVEs, 0 in CISA KEV and 0 with public exploits."
updated: 2021-11-18
source: RadicalNotion.AI
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
---

# Puppet Agent vulnerabilities

Vendor: [Puppet](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet)

- **Published CVEs:** 12
- **In CISA KEV:** 0
- **With a public exploit:** 0
- **With a patch:** 11
- **Average CVSS:** 7.7
- **First CVE:** 2016-06-10
- **Latest CVE:** 2021-11-18

## Severity breakdown

| Severity | CVEs |
| --- | --- |
| Critical | 4 |
| High | 3 |
| Medium | 5 |
| Low | 0 |
| Unscored | 0 |

## Most common weakness types

| CWE | Name | CVEs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [CWE-20](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-20) | Improper Input Validation | 3 |
| [CWE-269](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-269) | Improper Privilege Management | 2 |
| [CWE-284](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-284) | Improper Access Control | 2 |
| [CWE-295](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-295) | Improper Certificate Validation | 1 |
| [CWE-426](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-426) | Untrusted Search Path | 1 |
| [CWE-94](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-94) | Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') | 1 |

## CVEs by year

| Year | CVEs published |
| --- | --- |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 |

## Affected versions (top 21 of 26)

| Version | Kind | CVEs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5.5.x prior to 5.5.19 | exact | 1 |
| 6.x prior to 6.13.0 | exact | 1 |
| Fixed in 5.5.19 | exact | 1 |
| Fixed in 6.13.0 | exact | 1 |
| \< 6.25.1 | range | 2 |
| 7.0.0 \<= v \< 7.12.1 | range | 2 |
| \>= 5.x prior to 5.3.4 | range | 1 |
| \>= Introduced in 1.3.0, fixed in 1.6.0 | range | 1 |
| \>= prior to 5.3.4 or 1.10.10 | range | 1 |
| 1.0.0 | range | 1 |
| 1.3.0 | range | 1 |
| 1.3.0 \<= v \< 1.6.0 | range | 1 |
| 1.3.1 | range | 1 |
| 1.3.2 | range | 1 |
| 1.3.4 | range | 1 |
| 1.3.5 | range | 1 |
| 6.25.1 | patched | 2 |
| 7.12.1 | patched | 2 |
| 1.6.0 | patched | 1 |
| 5.5.19 | patched | 1 |
| 6.13.0 | patched | 1 |

## CVEs

| CVE | Title | Severity | CVSS | CISA KEV | Public exploit | Patch |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CVE-2021-27023 | Unsafe HTTP Redirect in Puppet Agent and Puppet Server | critical | 9.8 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2021-27025 | Silent Configuration Failure in Puppet Agent | medium | 6.5 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2020-7942 | Improper Certificate Validation in Puppet | medium | 6.5 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2015-1855 | - | medium | 5.9 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2018-6515 | - | high | 7.8 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2018-6514 | - | high | 7.8 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2017-10690 | - | medium | 6.5 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2017-10689 | Tarball permission preservation in puppet | medium | 5.5 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2016-5713 | - | critical | 9.8 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2016-5714 | - | high | 7.2 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2016-2786 | - | critical | 9.8 | No | No | No |
| CVE-2016-2785 | Puppet Improper Access Control | critical | 9.8 | No | No | Yes |

## Frequently asked questions

### How many CVEs does Puppet Agent have?

Puppet Agent has 12 published CVE records since 2016.

### How many Puppet Agent CVEs are in CISA KEV?

None of Puppet Agent's CVEs are currently listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

### Are there public exploits for Puppet Agent vulnerabilities?

No Puppet Agent CVEs currently have a tracked public exploit in this dataset.

### Which versions of Puppet Agent are affected?

26 distinct Puppet Agent versions are named across its CVEs. Use the version filter above to see the CVEs affecting a specific version.

### What are the most common weakness types in Puppet Agent CVEs?

Puppet Agent's CVEs most often map to these CWE weakness types: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation), CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation).

### How many critical Puppet Agent vulnerabilities are there?

Puppet Agent has 4 critical and 3 high-severity CVEs.

### What is the average severity of Puppet Agent CVEs?

The average CVSS base score across Puppet Agent's scored CVEs is 7.7.

## Other products from this vendor

- [Puppet Enterprise](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet/puppet-enterprise) (90 CVEs)
- [Puppet](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet/puppet) (49 CVEs)
- [Puppet Server](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet/puppet-server) (8 CVEs)
- [puppet-agent](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet/puppet-agent) (6 CVEs)
- [puppet enterprise users](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet/puppet-enterprise-users) (5 CVEs)
- [puppetserver](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet/puppetserver) (5 CVEs)
- [continuous delivery](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet/continuous-delivery) (4 CVEs)
- [marionette collective](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet/marionette-collective) (3 CVEs)

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