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bolt: vulnerability history, versions and safety

bolt is a package in the RubyGems ecosystem. Vulert records 1 vulnerability for it across 115 releases, first recorded in Oct 2023. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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1 vulnerabilities recorded C1
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0 with no fix published

Every vulnerability has a patched version to move to.

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0 in the last 12 months

Nothing new recorded in the last year.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on bolt 4.0.0 i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Good news: 4.0.0, the version you would install today, has no known vulnerabilities. Older releases do — the table below lists all 1.

Package health score 70/100
  • Security Minor issues
  • Maintenance Maintaining
  • Popularity Widely used
  • Community Quiet

What to do: Stay on 4.0.0 or newer. This can change: a vulnerability disclosed tomorrow can affect 4.0.0 too — Vulert watches the package and alerts you if that happens. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Current release 4.0.0 — unaffected i
  • Vulnerabilities on record 1 over 1 year · 0 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 06 Oct 2023 i
  • Highest CVSS 9.8 i
  • With no published fix 0 i
  • Stars 559 i
  • OpenSSF scorecard 3/10 i
  • Last release 22 months ago i
  • Licence Apache-2.0 i

Version list, release dates, licence and dependants published by RubyGems, refreshed 22 Oct 2026. Licence information is not legal advice.

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert tracks for bolt, newest first, with the vulnerabilities recorded against each one. A version showing none has no vulnerability in the Vulert database — open it for the full picture on that release.

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Version Released Vulert vulnerabilities Licence Fix published Details
4.0.0 03 Dec 2024 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.30.0 23 May 2024 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.29.0 17 Apr 2024 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.28.0 12 Feb 2024 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.27.4 06 Oct 2023 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.27.2 15 Aug 2023 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.27.1 13 Mar 2023 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.26.2 16 Nov 2022 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.26.1 16 Aug 2022 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.25.0 27 Jul 2022 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.24.0 29 Jun 2022 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.23.1 16 Jun 2022 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.23.0 07 Jun 2022 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.22.1 30 Mar 2022 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.22.0 28 Mar 2022 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.21.0 16 Dec 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.20.0 26 Oct 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.19.0 04 Oct 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.18.0 20 Sep 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.17.0 30 Aug 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.16.1 16 Aug 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.16.0 09 Aug 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.15.0 02 Aug 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.14.1 26 Jul 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.13.0 12 Jul 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.12.0 06 Jul 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.11.0 21 Jun 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.10.0 14 Jun 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.9.2 08 Jun 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.9.1 07 Jun 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.9.0 25 May 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.8.1 17 May 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.8.0 03 May 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.7.1 26 Apr 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.7.0 13 Apr 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.6.1 07 Apr 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.6.0 06 Apr 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.5.0 29 Mar 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.4.0 23 Mar 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.3.0 15 Mar 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.1.0 01 Mar 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.0.1 16 Feb 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
3.0.0 04 Feb 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.44.0 27 Jan 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.42.0 11 Jan 2021 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.40.2 18 Dec 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.40.1 18 Dec 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.38.0 14 Dec 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.37.0 07 Dec 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.36.0 30 Nov 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.35.0 16 Nov 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.34.0 10 Nov 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.33.2 04 Nov 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.33.1 02 Nov 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.32.0 26 Oct 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.31.0 19 Oct 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.30.0 30 Sep 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.29.0 21 Sep 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.28.0 16 Sep 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.27.0 08 Sep 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.26.0 31 Aug 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.25.0 26 Aug 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.24.1 24 Aug 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.24.0 24 Aug 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.23.0 17 Aug 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.22.0 10 Aug 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.21.0 03 Aug 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.20.0 27 Jul 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.19.0 20 Jul 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.18.0 13 Jul 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.17.0 07 Jul 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.16.0 29 Jun 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.15.0 22 Jun 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.14.0 15 Jun 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.13.0 08 Jun 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.12.0 02 Jun 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.11.1 28 May 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.11.0 27 May 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.10.0 18 May 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.9.0 11 May 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.8.0 05 May 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.7.0 27 Apr 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.6.0 20 Apr 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.5.0 13 Apr 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.4.0 06 Apr 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.3.1 30 Mar 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.3.0 23 Mar 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.2.0 10 Mar 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.1.0 02 Mar 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.1 25 Feb 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.0 19 Feb 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.49.0 10 Feb 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.48.0 03 Feb 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.47.0 27 Jan 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.45.0 13 Jan 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.44.0 09 Jan 2020 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.43.0 18 Dec 2019 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.42.0 09 Dec 2019 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.41.0 03 Dec 2019 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.40.0 02 Dec 2019 C1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.39.0 22 Nov 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.38.0 15 Nov 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.37.0 08 Nov 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.36.0 07 Nov 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.35.0 25 Oct 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.34.0 17 Oct 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.33.0 10 Oct 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.32.0 04 Oct 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.31.1 27 Sep 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.31.0 26 Sep 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.30.1 19 Sep 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.30.0 05 Sep 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.29.1 22 Aug 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.29.0 15 Aug 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.28.0 08 Aug 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.27.1 01 Aug 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.27.0 25 Jul 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.26.0 10 Jul 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.25.0 28 Jun 2019 C1 — Yes Details →
1.24.0 21 Jun 2019 C1 — Yes Details →

The newest 120 of 192 versions Vulert tracks. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2023 1

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 1 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for bolt

The 1 most severe of 1 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

Search all 1 in the database →
Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
CVE-2023-5214: Puppet Bolt privilege escalation vulnerability 9.8 critical 3.27.4 06 Oct 2023

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Questions

About bolt

Is bolt safe to use?

Vulert records 1 vulnerabilities for bolt in RubyGems: 1 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low. Every one of them has a published fix, so the practical answer is to run a supported release and keep it patched.

What is bolt's Vulert package health score?

Vulert scores bolt 70/100, which reads as in good shape. The score weighs the vulnerability record (40), maintenance and release cadence (25), adoption from dependents and stars (20) and community signals such as the OpenSSF scorecard and forks (15).

Is the latest version of bolt affected?

No. 4.0.0, the version you would install today, has no vulnerabilities on record against it. Earlier releases do — the version table above lists each release with what affects it.

Which version of bolt should I use?

4.0.0 is the version Vulert recommends for the affected releases. The version table above lists every release with the vulnerabilities recorded against it, so you can confirm the range you actually run.

How many vulnerabilities does bolt have?

1 vulnerability is recorded for bolt in the RubyGems ecosystem: 1 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new bolt vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for bolt in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 06 Oct 2023. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of bolt are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

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