Puppet: Local Privilege Escalation/Arbitrary Code Execution
Published Aug 20, 2013
3.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
Puppet Module Tool (PMT), as used 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, installs modules with weak permissions if those permissions were used when the modules were originally built, which might allow local users to read or modify those modules depending on the original permissions.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.7.2
- 2.7.3
- 2.7.4
- 2.7.5
- 2.7.6
- 2.7.7
- 2.7.8
- 2.7.9
- 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
- 2.7.22
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 2.8.0
- 2.8.1
- 2.8.2
- 3.0.0
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
- 3.2.0
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
CloudForms Management Engine 5
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
puppet
Not 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 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | puppet | Not 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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 1, 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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00381) | 29.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00381) | 29.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 10.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4956/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- 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://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4956 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996855 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4956
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4956
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4956/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| 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://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4956 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996855 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4956 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4956 |
Change history (0)
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