CVE-2023-5255 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

ReportizFlow

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Puppet	Puppet Enterprise Puppet Server

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2023.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:8.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:8.2.1:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q3vx-5wxp-g986
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5255
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5255
https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2023-5255-denial-service-revocation-auto-renewed-certificates

History

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Puppet puppet Enterprise
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2023.3::::enterprise:::	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2023.3:::::::*
Vendors & Products	Puppet puppet	Puppet puppet Enterprise

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: puppet

Published: 2023-10-03T17:54:55.177Z

Updated: 2024-09-19T19:29:30.230Z

Reserved: 2023-09-28T17:42:16.370Z

Link: CVE-2023-5255

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:08.537Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-03T18:15:10.577

Modified: 2025-11-20T18:30:37.727

Link: CVE-2023-5255

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-10-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-5255 - Bugzilla

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