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CVE-2023-5214

Puppet Bolt privilege escalation vulnerability

Published Modified CWE 269
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA, Ruby Advisory DB.

Description

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

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
rubygems::GitHub Security Advisory RubyGemsbolt3.27.4
rubygems::Ruby Advisory Databasebolt>= 3.27.4
rapidfort alpine 3.20boltno fix listed
rapidfort alpine 3.21boltno fix listed
rapidfort alpine 3.22boltno fix listed
rapidfort alpine 3.23boltno fix listed
rapidfort alpine 3.24boltno fix listed
rapidfort fedora 43bolt, bolt-tests0.9.11-2.fc43
Show all 9 entries from 8 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
rubygems::GitHub Security Advisory RubyGemsbolt3.27.4
rubygems::Ruby Advisory Databasebolt>= 3.27.4
rapidfort alpine 3.20boltno fix listed
rapidfort alpine 3.21boltno fix listed
rapidfort alpine 3.22boltno fix listed
rapidfort alpine 3.23boltno fix listed
rapidfort alpine 3.24boltno fix listed
rapidfort fedora 43bolt0.9.11-2.fc43
rapidfort fedora 43bolt-tests0.9.11-2.fc43

References

Vulnerability data compiled from the Trivy vulnerability database (trivy-db, Aqua Security, Apache License 2.0), which aggregates third-party advisories. CVE records are published by The MITRE Corporation under the CVE Terms of Use; CVE is a trademark of MITRE. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Severity, titles and advisory data from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0), Red Hat security data (CC BY 4.0) and the other sources linked on each entry. Entries may be summarised or re-formatted; the linked original is the authoritative record.