Improper Privilege Management Affecting bolt package, versions <3.27.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-BOLT-5958907
  • published 16 Oct 2023
  • disclosed 6 Oct 2023
  • credit Unknown

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

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Adjacent
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

9.8 critical