CVE-2013-4967

Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to obtain the database password via vectors related to how the password is "seeded as a console parameter," External Node Classifiers, and the lack of access control for /nodes.

Published: 2013-08-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4967 is rated Moderate Risk (44/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.27%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.02% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4967

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 0.25% 1.27% +1.02%
2 2025-03-30 0.40% 0.25% -0.15%
3 2025-03-29 0.40%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4967

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4967

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4967

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-4967 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4967
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4967 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-2013-4967

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4967

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-2013-4967

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