Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-4966

Title: Puppet Puppet Enterprise Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-4966.

CWE Category CWE-287

Published Date Mar 09, 2014

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.22%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-4966: The master external node classification script in Puppet Enterprise before 3.2.0 does not verify the identity of consoles, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary classifications on the master by spoofing a console.

Impacted Vendors

puppet 1

puppetlabs 1

Reference Links

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4966 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029873 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4966 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029873

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-4966 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 09, 2014 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:P/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.