CVE-2013-4958

Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 does not use a session timeout, which makes it easier for attackers to gain privileges by leveraging an unattended workstation.

Published: 2013-08-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4958 is rated Low Risk (38.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4958

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 0.05% 0.38% +0.33%
2 2026-05-13 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4958

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4958

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4958

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-4958 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4958
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4958 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4958

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4958

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet puppet_enterprise <= 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 2.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4958

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