Security advisory

{
  "id": "3e946f3c38046040d815b4aec7e66b9bc3128efc3a8ea5cc5ee08eb4cd5776fe",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5255",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-5255",
    "summary": "For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which prevents the certificates from being revoked.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-5255",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-5255",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-5255"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetserver",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "49c09e4f7d0f4d6aa48988e761ad87d19d967f4b"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "ec9820dd3ac5f4e817b6d9497223fa5f4b6a498e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "8.2.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "8.2.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "8.2.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "8.2.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "8.2.0",
            "8.2.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5255.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:32.703115905Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2023-5255-denial-service-revocation-auto-renewed-certificates"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2023.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "puppet:puppet_enterprise",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "2023.3"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2023.3"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-5255",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433091,
  "published_at": "2023-10-03T18:15:10.577+00:00"
}