puppet: remote code execution on master from unauthenticated clients
Published Aug 19, 2013
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.41%
Description
Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.22 and 3.2.x before 3.2.2, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.8.2, deserializes untrusted YAML, which allows remote attackers to instantiate arbitrary Ruby classes and execute arbitrary code via a crafted REST API call.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.7.2
- 2.7.10
- 2.7.11
- 2.7.12
- 2.7.13
- 2.7.14
- 2.7.16
- 2.7.17
- 2.7.18
- 2.7.21
- 3.2.1
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.19
- 2.7.20
- 2.7.20
- 3.2.0
Configuration 2
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 13.04
Configuration 3
- 11
- 11.0
- 11.0
- 11.0
- 11.0
Configuration 4
- ≤ 2.8.1
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.8.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.2.0
- 2.5.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
No data.
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
facter-0:1.6.6-1.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1283
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
hiera-0:1.0.0-3.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1283
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
puppet-0:3.2.4-1.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1283
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
ruby-augeas-0:0.4.1-1.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1283
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
ruby-shadow-0:1.4.1-13.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1283
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
ruby193-puppet-0:3.1.1-11.1.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1284
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1
puppet
Under investigation
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
puppet
Affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
puppet
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | facter-0:1.6.6-1.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1283 |
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | hiera-0:1.0.0-3.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1283 |
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | puppet-0:3.2.4-1.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1283 |
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | ruby-augeas-0:0.4.1-1.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1283 |
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | ruby-shadow-0:1.4.1-13.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1283 |
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | ruby193-puppet-0:3.1.1-11.1.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1284 |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 | puppet | Under investigation | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | puppet | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | puppet | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.41% (0.03408) | 88.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.41% (0.03408) | 87.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 20, 2026 | 6.46% (0.06459) | 90.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 11.14% (0.11139) | 93.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.14% (0.06139) | 89.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.86% (0.15861) | 91.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.14% (0.06139) | 90.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 31.86% (0.31863) | 97.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 6, 2024 | 22.31% (0.22307) | 96.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 20.86% (0.20862) | 95.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.76% (0.09761) | 94.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.76% (0.09761) | 93.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.76% (0.09761) | 87.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00019.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-3567/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54429 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2715 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1886-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3567 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974649 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7p5-w2cr-7cp7 Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2013-3567.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3567
- https://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-3567/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3567
- https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-3567-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability
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