CVE-2013-4761

Unspecified vulnerability in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.23 and 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and Puppet Enterprise 2.8.x before 2.8.3 and 3.0.x before 3.0.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby programs from the master via the resource_type service. NOTE: this vulnerability can only be exploited utilizing unspecified "local file system access" to the Puppet Master.

Published: 2013-08-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4761 is rated Moderate Risk (47.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.64%). EPSS rose +1.07% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2013-4761

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 2026-06-15 0.57% 1.64% +1.07%
2 2025-03-30 1.80% 0.57% -1.22%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.80% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4761

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4761

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-4761

GHSA-cj43-9h3w-v976 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Puppet allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby programs from the master via the resource_type service

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4761

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-4761 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4761
gentoo high CVE-2013-4761: 1 GLSA(s) (201308-04), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/puppet); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-4761
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4761
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4761 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4761

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4761

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet puppet 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4761

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