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TI-2023-04883 Aliases CVE-2023-5309GHSA-c7r6-m4rr-fqqm

Broken Session Management in Puppet Enterprise

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-384Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-384.

Summary

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2021.7.6 and 2023.5 contain a flaw which results in broken session management for SAML implementations.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00496 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Puppet Enterprise (Puppet): 2021.7.6, 2023.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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 Enterprise2021.7.0 to before 2021.7.6; 2023.0.0 to before 2023.52021.7.6, 2023.5Patch availableCNA
  • Puppet Enterprise VendorPuppet Affected 2021.7.0 to before 2021.7.6; 2023.0.0 to before 2023.5 Fixed in 2021.7.6, 2023.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2021.7.6; 2023.0 to before 2023.5.0VulnerablePuppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2021.7.6; 2023.0 to before 2023.5.0 Vulnerable ·Puppet

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Puppet Enterprise (Puppet) Fixed in 2021.7.6, 2023.5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5309
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c7r6-m4rr-fqqm

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
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Sources

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