CVE-2022-3275: Puppetlabs-apt Command Injection

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-10-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Command injection is possible in the puppetlabs-apt module prior to version 9.0.0. A malicious actor is able to exploit this vulnerability only if they are able to provide unsanitized input to the module. This condition is rare in most deployments of Puppet and Puppet Enterprise.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 36, 37
puppetlabs-mysql: before 9.0.0 — fixed in 9.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: puppetlabs-mysql 9.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CH4NUKZKPY4MFQHFBTONJK2AWES4DFDA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YR5LIOF5VKS4DC2NQWXTMPPXOYJC46XC/
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3275
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CH4NUKZKPY4MFQHFBTONJK2AWES4DFDA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YR5LIOF5VKS4DC2NQWXTMPPXOYJC46XC/
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3275

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