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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-5459

A user with specific node group editing permissions and a specially crafted class parameter could be used to execute commands as root on the primary host.

Published Jun 26, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 4, 2026 · Perforce Puppet Enterprise

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5459. EPSS is 1.06%. Act only if a listed version of Perforce Puppet Enterprise is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.6
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.06%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Perforce Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.8 ≤2023.8.3, 2025.3

A user with specific node group editing permissions and a specially crafted class parameter could be used to execute commands as root on the primary host. It affects Puppet Enterprise versions 2018.1.8 through 2023.8.3 and 2025.3 and has been resolved in versions 2023.8.4 and 2025.4.0.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Perforce Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.8 ≤2023.8.3, 2025.32018.1.8 ≤2023.8.3, 2025.3

How to fix CVE-2025-5459

  • Recommended remediation

    A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5459. EPSS is 1.06%. Act only if a listed version of Perforce Puppet Enterprise is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Perforce Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.8 ≤2023.8.3, 2025.3 2018.1.8 ≤2023.8.3, 2025.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.06%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 26, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A user with specific node group editing permissions and a specially crafted class parameter could be used to execute commands as root on the primary host. It affects Puppet Enterprise versions 2018.1.8 through 2023.8.3 and 2025.3 and has been resolved in versions 2023.8.4 and 2025.4.0.

  2. Sep 4, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    A user with specific node group editing permissions and a specially crafted class parameter could be used to execute commands as root on the primary host. It affects Puppet Enterprise versions 2018.1.8 through 2023.8.3 and 2025.3 and has been resolved in versions 2023.8.4 and 2025.4.0.

Sources

  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-19173

    A user with specific node group editing permissions and a specially crafted class parameter could be used to execute commands as root on the primary host. It affects Puppet Enterprise versions 2018.1.8 through 2023.8.3 and 2025.3 and has been resolved in versions 2023.8.4 and 202

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Sep 4, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.