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CVE-2023-5255

Denial of Service for Revocation of Auto Renewed Certificates

Medium4.4EPSS 0.48%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
puppet

Description

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

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2023-5255, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
puppetCNA (assigner)3.1Medium4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.48% · top 59% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Puppet · Puppet Enterprise

    • affected Puppet Enterprise 2023.3 – ≤ 2023.4
    • affected Puppet Server 8.2.0 – ≤ 8.2.3

References (1)

Sources

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