---
title: "Puppet Server vulnerabilities and CVEs"
url: https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet/puppet-server
type: product
description: "Puppet Server has 8 published CVEs, 0 in CISA KEV and 0 with public exploits."
updated: 2023-10-03
source: RadicalNotion.AI
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
---

# Puppet Server vulnerabilities

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

- **Published CVEs:** 8
- **In CISA KEV:** 0
- **With a public exploit:** 0
- **With a patch:** 6
- **Average CVSS:** 6.9
- **First CVE:** 2014-12-17
- **Latest CVE:** 2023-10-03

## Severity breakdown

| Severity | CVEs |
| --- | --- |
| Critical | 2 |
| High | 3 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Low | 1 |
| Unscored | 0 |

## Most common weakness types

| CWE | Name | CVEs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [CWE-1333](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-1333) | Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity | 1 |
| [CWE-276](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-276) | Incorrect Default Permissions | 1 |
| [CWE-284](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-284) | Improper Access Control | 1 |
| [CWE-295](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-295) | Improper Certificate Validation | 1 |
| [CWE-362](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-362) | Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') | 1 |
| [CWE-404](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-404) | Improper Resource Shutdown or Release | 1 |
| [CWE-502](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-502) | Deserialization of Untrusted Data | 1 |

## CVEs by year

| Year | CVEs published |
| --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 |

## Affected versions (top 19 of 26)

| Version | Kind | CVEs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| \< 5.3.13 | range | 1 |
| \< 6.17.1 | range | 1 |
| \>= Puppet prior to 4.10.1 | range | 1 |
| 0.2.0 | range | 1 |
| 2.0.0 | range | 1 |
| 2.1.0 | range | 1 |
| 2.1.1 | range | 1 |
| 2.1.2 | range | 1 |
| 2.2.0 | range | 1 |
| 2.3.0 | range | 1 |
| 2.3.1 | range | 1 |
| 6.0.0 \<= v \< 6.11.1 | range | 1 |
| 5.3.13 | patched | 1 |
| 6.11.1 | patched | 1 |
| 6.17.1 | patched | 1 |
| 6.4.0 | patched | 1 |
| 7.11.0 | patched | 1 |
| 7.4.2 | patched | 1 |
| 8.0.0 | patched | 1 |

## CVEs

| CVE | Title | Severity | CVSS | CISA KEV | Public exploit | Patch |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CVE-2023-5255 | Denial of Service for Revocation of Auto Renewed Certificates | high | 7.5 | No | No | No |
| CVE-2023-1894 | - | medium | 5.3 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2021-27023 | Unsafe HTTP Redirect in Puppet Agent and Puppet Server | critical | 9.8 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2020-7943 | - | high | 7.5 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2018-11751 | - | medium | 5.4 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2017-2295 | - | high | 8.2 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2016-2785 | Puppet Improper Access Control | critical | 9.8 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2014-7170 | - | low | 1.9 | No | No | No |

## Frequently asked questions

### How many CVEs does Puppet Server have?

Puppet Server has 8 published CVE records since 2014.

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

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

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

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

### Which versions of Puppet Server are affected?

26 distinct Puppet Server 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 Server CVEs?

Puppet Server's CVEs most often map to these CWE weakness types: CWE-1333 (Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity), CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation).

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

Puppet Server has 2 critical and 3 high-severity CVEs.

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

The average CVSS base score across Puppet Server's scored CVEs is 6.9.

## 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 Agent](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/puppet/puppet-agent) (12 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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