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CVE-2023-5214 (GCVE-0-2023-5214)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-06 17:22 – Updated: 2024-09-19 14:37
VLAI
Title
CVE-2023-5214 - Privilege Escalation in Puppet Bolt
Summary
In Puppet Bolt versions prior to 3.27.4, a path to escalate privileges was identified.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-19 14:16 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Puppet Bolt Affected: prior to 3.27.4 , ≤ 3.27.4 (semver)
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