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Case File

CVE-2016-5716

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.77% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-08-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2016-5716
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.77%

Original Filing — NVD Description

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.