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CVE-2023-5255

Denial of Service for Revocation of Auto Renewed Certificates

4.4 Medium

For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which prevents the certificates from being revoked.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.48%Up 0.4 points since Oct 4, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.4

Denial of Service for Revocation of Auto Renewed Certificates

For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which prevents the certificates from being revoked.

Record
CVE-2023-5255
CVSS 3.1
4.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-404
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-57580 4.4

For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which prevents the certificates from being revoked.

Record
EUVD-2023-57580
CVSS 3.1
4.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q3vx-5wxp-g986 4.4

For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which...

For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which prevents the certificates from being revoked.

Record
GHSA-q3vx-5wxp-g986
CVSS 3.1
4.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-404
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 4.4

For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which prevents the certificates from being revoked.

Record
CVE-2023-5255
CVSS 3.1
4.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-404
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which prevents the certificates from being revoked.

Record
CVE-2023-5255
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-5255 4.4

For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which prevents the certificates from being revoked.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5255
CVSS 3.1
4.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
puppet
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
3.2.4-2ubuntu23.3.1-1ubuntu13.3.1-1ubuntu23.3.1-1ubuntu33.4.2-1
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3.4.3-13.4.3-1ubuntu13.4.3-1ubuntu1.13.4.3-1ubuntu1.23.4.3-1ubuntu1.3
 None known
puppet
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
3.7.2-5ubuntu23.8.4-1ubuntu13.8.5-1ubuntu13.8.5-23.8.5-2ubuntu0.13.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
 None known
puppet
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
4.10.4-2ubuntu14.10.4-2ubuntu24.10.4-2ubuntu35.4.0-2ubuntu3
 None known
puppet
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.4.0-2ubuntu35.5.10-4ubuntu3
 None known
puppet
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.5.22-1ubuntu15.5.22-45.5.22-4ubuntu0.2
 None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, products, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-5255 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Puppet Server, published October 3, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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