What is CVE-2023-5214?

CVE-2023-5214 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Bolt, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2023-5214?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Puppet Bolt

CVE-2023-5214

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

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2023-10-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Puppet Bolt — versions prior to 3.27.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2023-5214-privilege-escalation-puppet-bolt (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5214?: CVE-2023-5214 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Bolt, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2023-5214?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.