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

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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 Aug 20, 2013

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.27%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.27% 0.01266

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01266

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	1.27% (0.01266)	68.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.27% (0.01266)	65.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.25% (0.00250)	46.42th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.28% (0.00279)	69.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2024	0.21% (0.00209)	58.71th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.20% (0.00196)	56.62th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.18% (0.00181)	54.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.17% (0.00166)	51.91th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.32% (0.00324)	66.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (1)

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4967
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4967		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 20, 2013

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Jul 29, 2013

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2013-4967

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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