Improper Privilege Management Affecting bolt package, versions <3.27.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-BOLT-5958907
  • published16 Oct 2023
  • disclosed6 Oct 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-5214  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade bolt to version 3.27.4 or higher.

Overview

bolt is a library enabling the execution of commands remotely over SSH and WinRM

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management. An attacker can escalate their privileges by exploiting this vulnerability.

References

CVSS Scores

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