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Command injection vulnerability (CVE-2022-3275) was discovered in the puppetlabs-apt module affecting versions prior to 9.0.0. The vulnerability was disclosed in October 2022 and affects the Puppet configuration management system's APT module (Debian Tracker, Puppet Security).
The vulnerability is classified as a command injection flaw (CWE-78) with a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 8.4, indicating high severity. The issue allows command injection through unsanitized input to the puppetlabs-apt module (Puppet Security).
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to execute arbitrary commands through the puppetlabs-apt module. However, the impact is somewhat limited as exploitation requires the ability to provide unsanitized input to the module, which is described as a rare condition in most Puppet and Puppet Enterprise deployments (Puppet Security).
The vulnerability has been fixed in puppetlabs-apt module version 9.0.0. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix is also available in specific distribution versions, including Debian bookworm (9.0.1-1) and sid/trixie (9.4.0-1) (Debian Tracker).
Source: This report was generated using AI
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