CVE-2025-5459 (GCVE-0-2025-5459)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-26 06:30
Modified
2025-07-03 09:25
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
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.
References
security@puppet.comhttps://portal.perforce.com/s/detail/a91PA000001SiDdYAK
Impacted products
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