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Vulnerability details: VCID-wkb1-dm1m-67db
Vulnerability ID VCID-wkb1-dm1m-67db
Aliases CVE-2016-5714
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet Agent, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.5
Risk 3.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
System Score Found at
epss 0.0101 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5714
epss 0.0101 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5714
epss 0.0101 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5714
epss 0.0101 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5714
epss 0.0101 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5714
epss 0.0101 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5714
epss 0.0101 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5714
epss 0.0101 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5714
epss 0.0101 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5714
cvssv2 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5714
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5714
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5714
https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5714
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714
https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-5714 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5714
GLSA-201710-12 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5714
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5714
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.77044
EPSS Score 0.0101
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:11:34.071959+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12 38.0.0