Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-5716

RCE

Title: Puppet Puppet Enterprise RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-5716.

CWE Category CWE-134

Published Date Aug 09, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.33%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-5716: The console in Puppet Enterprise 2015.x and 2016.x prior to 2016.4.0 includes unsafe string reads that potentially allows for remote code execution on the console node.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

https://puppet.com/security/cve/pe-console-oct-2016 https://puppet.com/security/cve/pe-console-oct-2016

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-5716 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 13, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 20, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 09, 2017 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.