Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-4958

Title: Puppet Puppet Enterprise Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-4958.

CWE Category CWE-287

Published Date Aug 20, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.05%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-4958: Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 does not use a session timeout, which makes it easier for attackers to gain privileges by leveraging an unattended workstation.

Impacted Vendors

puppet 1

puppetlabs 1

Reference Links

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4958/ http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4958/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-4958 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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.