CVE-2013-1653

Puppet before 2.6.18, 2.7.x before 2.7.21, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, and Puppet Enterprise before 1.2.7 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2, when listening for incoming connections is enabled and allowing access to the "run" REST endpoint is allowed, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP request.

Published: 2013-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1653 is rated Moderate Risk (57.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.97%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1653

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-06 2.23% 1.97% -0.26%
2 2025-11-30 1.55% 2.23% +0.68%
3 2025-05-27 — 1.55% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1653

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1653

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1653

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-1653 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1653
gentoo high CVE-2013-1653: 1 GLSA(s) (201308-04), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/puppet); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-1653
ubuntu high CVE-2013-1653 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 4, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1653

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-1653

Impact: per http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1759-1/ "A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 11.10"

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1653

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet puppet >= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.17 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.9 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.10 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.11 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.12 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.13 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.14 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.16 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.17 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.18 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.19 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.20 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.20 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.20:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.2.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.2.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.2.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.2.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.2.4:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.2.5:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.2.6:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 11.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1653

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