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TI-2023-04831 Aliases CVE-2023-5255GHSA-q3vx-5wxp-g986

Denial of Service for Revocation of Auto Renewed Certificates

Priority LOW 33CWE-404Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-404.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00476 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
PuppetPuppet EnterprisePuppet Enterprise 2023.3 – 2023.4; Puppet Server 8.2.0 – 8.2.3—No fix listedCNA
  • Puppet Enterprise VendorPuppet Affected Puppet Enterprise 2023.3 – 2023.4; Puppet Server 8.2.0 – 8.2.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2023.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2023.3VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.2.0VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.2.1VulnerablePuppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2023.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2023.3 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.2.0 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.2.1 Vulnerable ·Puppet

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Satellite 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5255
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q3vx-5wxp-g986

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2017-05170 Integer overflow in nginx CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-02371 A privilege escalation allowing remote code execution was discovered in the orchestration service. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-01442 The (1) template and (2) inline_template functions in the master server in Puppet before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2018-04792 Code injection in Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, razor-server and… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-02330 MCollective 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.9, as used in Puppet Enterprise, allows remote… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-08596 A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent and Puppet Server that may result in a leak of HTTP… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
See all 88 →

Sources

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