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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-85979 (CVE-2026-85979)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-09-11 15:17 – Updated: 2026-09-16 11:43 – Source website

Details

Affected versions of Puppet Enterprise contain a command injection vulnerability in the handling of the java_keystore_passwd parameter. 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.

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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-85979	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85979	REPORT
	https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve/a91Qi000003CybN…	REPORT

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CVE-2026-85979 (GCVE-0-2026-85979)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 14:40 – Updated: 2026-09-16 09:49

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

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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-11 15:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS command injection')
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

Perforce mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve/a91Qi000003CybN…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
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)

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