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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2021-27017

Utilization of a module presented a security risk by allowing the deserialization of untrusted/user supplied data.

MEDIUM 6.6EPSS 0.55%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Utilization of a module presented a security risk by allowing the deserialization of untrusted/user supplied data. This is resolved in the Puppet Agent 7.4.0 release.

CVSS 3.1
6.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.55% probability · 46th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-502
Source
security@puppet.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.55%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.