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CVE-2025-5459
Puppet Enterprise Root Command Execution Vulnerability
Description

A user with specific node group editing permissions and a specially crafted class parameter could be used to execute commands as root on the primary host. It affects Puppet Enterprise versions 2018.1.8 through 2023.8.3 and 2025.3 and has been resolved in versions 2023.8.4 and 2025.4.0.

INFO

Published Date :

June 26, 2025, 7:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

June 26, 2025, 6:57 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

Exploitability Score :

Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

: Total Affected Vendor : 0 | Products : 0
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://portal.perforce.com/s/detail/a91PA000001SiDdYAK

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-5459 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 26, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A user with specific node group editing permissions and a specially crafted class parameter could be used to execute commands as root on the primary host. It affects Puppet Enterprise versions 2018.1.8 through 2023.8.3 and 2025.3 and has been resolved in versions 2023.8.4 and 2025.4.0.
    Added CVSS V4.0 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
    Added CWE CWE-78
    Added Reference https://portal.perforce.com/s/detail/a91PA000001SiDdYAK
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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