Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-2716

Title: Puppetlabs Puppet Cryptographic Failures

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-2716.

CWE Category CWE-310

Published Date Apr 10, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.30%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-2716: Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise before 2.8.0 does not use a "randomized secret" in the CAS client config file (cas_client_config.yml) when upgrading from older 1.2.x or 2.0.x versions, which allows remote attackers to obtain console access via a crafted cookie.

Impacted Vendors

reductivelabs 1

puppetlabs 2

puppet 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/52862 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83171 https://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2716/ http://secunia.com/advisories/52862 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83171 https://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2716/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-2716 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 10, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.