Puppet Enterprise up to 2021.7.3/2023.1 Orchestration Service access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Puppet Enterprise up to 2021.7.3/2023.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Orchestration Service. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-2530. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Puppet Enterprise up to 2021.7.3/2023.1 (Service Management Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Orchestration Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A privilege escalation allowing remote code execution was discovered in the orchestration service.

The weakness was disclosed 06/08/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at puppet.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-2530 since 05/04/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2021.7.4 or 2023.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-34010). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Enterprise 2021.7.4/2023.2

Timelineinfo

05/04/2023 🔍
06/08/2023 +35 days 🔍
06/08/2023 +0 days 🔍
08/26/2025 +810 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: puppet.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-2530 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-2530
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231067
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/08/2023 09:01
Updated: 08/26/2025 17:44
Changes: 06/08/2023 09:01 (41), 07/07/2023 08:42 (11), 07/24/2025 00:06 (16), 08/26/2025 17:44 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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