Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-4956

Title: Puppetlabs Puppet

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-4956.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Aug 20, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 3.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.11%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-4956: 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.

Impacted Vendors

reductivelabs 1

puppet 2

puppetlabs 2

Reference Links

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4956/ http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4956/ http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

3.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-4956 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.

August 20, 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.