Critical
Security advisory
In Puppet Bolt versions prior to 3.27.4, a path to escalate privileges was identified.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-5214
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:12 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Puppet Bolt versions prior to 3.27.4, a path to escalate privileges was identified.
osv:CVE-2023-5214
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:50.194922944Z",
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