5.3

CVE-2023-1894: puppet puppet_enterprise

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-1894DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1894
Published 04-05-2023Last modified 29-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-1894 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in puppet puppet_enterprise. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2023:6818

Timeline

  1. 04-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in Puppet Server 7.9.2 certificate validation. An issue related to specifically crafted certificate names significantly slowed down server operations.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.44% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Puppet2 products
Ubuntu2 products
  • puppetAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • puppetserverAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • puppetserver< 7.9.5-2

3 vendors · 5 products

References

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