Puppet Bolt privilege escalation vulnerability · CVE-2023-5214 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Puppet Bolt privilege escalation vulnerability

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 6, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 11, 2023

Package

bolt (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 3.27.4

Patched versions

3.27.4

Description

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

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Oct 6, 2023

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 6, 2023

Reviewed Oct 10, 2023

Last updated Nov 11, 2023

Severity

Critical

9.8

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H