CVE-2026-85979 (GCVE-0-2026-85979)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 14:40 – Updated: 2026-09-16 09:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Command Injection in Puppet Enterprise
Summary
Affected versions of Puppet Enterprise contain a command injection vulnerability. An authenticated user with Puppet administrative privileges can inject arbitrary shell commands by providing a specially crafted value for this parameter, which is passed to a shell execution context without sufficient sanitization. Because the resulting commands are executed with root privileges, successful exploitation can lead to full compromise of the affected system.
It affects Puppet Enterprise 2023.8.0 through 2023.8.10 and Puppet Enterprise 2025.0.0 through 2025.11.2.
This has been resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2023.8.11 and Puppet Enterprise 2025.11.3.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-11 15:00 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve/a91Qi000003CybN… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perforce Software | Puppet Enterprise |
Affected:
2023.8.0 , ≤ 2023.8.10
(semver)
Affected: 2025.0.0 , ≤ 2025.11.2 (semver) Unaffected: 2023.8.11 (semver) Unaffected: 2025.11.3 (semver) |
guessed |
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