Privilege escalation through undisclosed mechanism
Published Oct 6, 2023 · Updated Sep 19, 2024
Improper privilege management in Puppet Bolt before 3.27.4 allows remote authenticated users on an adjacent network to escalate privileges. Puppet has not published the affected component or the operation that mishandles privileges, so the exact escalation path remains undisclosed. Exploitation requires existing low privileges and adjacent-network access; it can alter protected resources across a security boundary, expose limited data, and does not interrupt service.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in Puppet Bolt before 3.27.4 allows remote authenticated users on an adjacent network to escalate privileges. Puppet has not published the affected component or the operation that mishandles privileges, so the exact escalation path remains undisclosed. Exploitation requires existing low privileges and adjacent-network access; it can alter protected resources across a security boundary, expose limited data, and does not interrupt service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-5214
- Published
- Oct 6, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 19, 2024
- Vendor
- Puppet
- Product
- Bolt
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 6, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 19, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=prior to 3.27.4 <=3.27.4
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