Puppet Enterprise before 3.2.0 does not properly restrict access to node endpoints in the console, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4971 is rated Moderate Risk (43/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.17%). 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.
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 | 0.29% | 1.17% | +0.88% |
| 2 | 2023-03-07 | 1.05% | 0.29% | -0.76% |
| 3 | 2022-02-04 | — | 1.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
unimportant | CVE-2013-4971 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4971 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | <= 3.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 3.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 3.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 3.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4971 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029873 |