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CVE-2023-5255

Denial of Service for Revocation of Auto Renewed Certificates

Published: Oct 3, 2023Updated: Nov 20, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-404
NVD MITRE
4.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 67.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which prevents the certificates from being revoked.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:HUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-404

Affected Products

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

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2023-5255-denial-service-revocation-auto-renewed-certificates
puppet.com

Timeline

Published
Oct 3, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 20, 2025

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