# CVE-2026-85979

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-85979
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 8.6 (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)
- **CWE:** CWE-78, CWE-20, CWE-269
- **Published:** Sep 11, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Sep 11, 2026

## Description

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.

## Affected Products

- Perforce Software — Puppet Enterprise (2023.8.4)
- Perforce Software — Puppet Enterprise (2025.4.0)
- Perforce Software — Puppet Enterprise (2023.8.11)
- Perforce Software — Puppet Enterprise (2025.11.3)

## References

- [CNA](https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve/a91Qi000003CybNIAS/command-injection-in-puppet-enterprise)

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-11._