Puppet Enterprise presented a security risk by not sanitizing user input when doing a CSV export.
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-1236Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Puppet Enterprise presented a security risk by not sanitizing user input when doing a CSV export.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01061 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Puppet Enterprise | Puppet Enterprise prior to 2019.8.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Puppet Enterprise Vendor— Affected Puppet Enterprise prior to 2019.8.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-27020
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wp6x-2jj2-vxhw
References
More Puppet Enterprise vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-05170 Integer overflow in nginx CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-02371 A privilege escalation allowing remote code execution was discovered in the orchestration service. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2013-01442 The (1) template and (2) inline_template functions in the master server in Puppet before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
- TI-2018-04792 Code injection in Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, razor-server and… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-02330 MCollective 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.9, as used in Puppet Enterprise, allows remote… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-08596 A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent and Puppet Server that may result in a leak of HTTP… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-27020 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-27020 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wp6x-2jj2-vxhw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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