CVE-2013-1655

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.21 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, when running Ruby 1.9.3 or later, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "serialized attributes."

Published: 2013-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1655 is rated Moderate Risk (53.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.54%). Mandatory action: 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-2013-1655

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 2026-06-02 0.63% 0.54% -0.10%
2 2026-03-06 0.72% 0.63% -0.09%
3 2025-12-10 0.72%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1655

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1655

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-1655

GHSA-574q-fxfj-wv6h · Severity: high · Ecosystem: rubygems — Puppet Improper Input Validation vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1655

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-1655 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-2013-1655
gentoo high CVE-2013-1655: 1 GLSA(s) (201308-04), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/puppet); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-1655
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1655 medium 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-2013-1655

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-1655

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-2013-1655

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1655

cvelogic Threat Intelligence