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CVE-2023-1894

Published: May 4, 2023Updated: Jan 29, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-1333
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 65.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in Puppet Server 7.9.2 certificate validation. An issue related to specifically crafted certificate names significantly slowed down server operations.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-1333

Affected Products

Puppet EnterprisePuppet
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
Puppet ServerPuppet
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
puppet enterprisepuppet
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
puppet serverpuppet
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
puppetcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka puppet labs

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Impact
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References

https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2023-1894-puppet-server-redos
puppet.com

Timeline

Published
May 4, 2023
Last Updated
Jan 29, 2025

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