CVE-2026-85979 PUBLISHED

Assigner: Perforce
Reserved: 04.09.2026 Published: 11.09.2026 Updated: 11.09.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 8.6

Product Status

Vendor Perforce Software
Product Puppet Enterprise
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2023.8.4 to 2023.8.10 (incl.)
  • affected from 2025.4.0 to 2025.11.2 (incl.)
  • Version 2023.8.11 is unaffected
  • Version 2025.11.3 is unaffected

References

Problem Types

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

Impacts

  • CAPEC-248 Command Injection