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CVE-2023-5214

CVE-2023-5214 - Privilege Escalation in Puppet Bolt

Published: Oct 6, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-269
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

In Puppet Bolt versions prior to 3.27.4, a path to escalate privileges was identified.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:HPR:LUI:NS:CC:LI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

Puppet
commercial·USaka puppet labs
BoltOn-premDev Tool
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
RubyGems
package-ecosystem
bolt
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2023-5214-privilege-escalation-puppet-bolt
puppet.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5214
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/puppetlabs/bolt
github.com
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