The mcollective-puppet-agent plugin before 1.11.1 for Puppet allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the --…

published 2017-01-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-7256

cvss: 6.6; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits: 0; none known

The mcollective-puppet-agent plugin before 1.11.1 for Puppet allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the --server argument.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-7331 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 6.1

mcollective-puppet-agent: Remote Code Execution in mcollective-puppet-agent plugin

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.6	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.9	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-254 7PK - Security Features

References

puppet.com /security/cve/cve-2015-7331
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/92432
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-7331
NVD CVE-2015-7331

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Summary