CVE-2021-27017 (GCVE-0-2021-27017)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-07 19:28 – Updated: 2025-02-07 19:46
VLAI
Title
Deserialization of untrusted data
Summary
Utilization of a module presented a security risk by allowing the deserialization of untrusted/user supplied data. This is resolved in the Puppet Agent 7.4.0 release.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-07 19:46 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
PuppetPu Puppet Agent Affected: 0.0.0 , < 7.4.0 (semver)
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