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CVE-2013-1640

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1640 is a critical vulnerability affecting Puppet master servers (versions before 2.6.18, 2.7.21, and 3.1.1) and Puppet Enterprise (before 1.2.7 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2). It allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted catalog request, specifically through the "template" and "inline_template" functions. With a CVSS score of 9.0, this vulnerability has a high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0493 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6Fixed in: puppet-0:2.6.18-1.el6ost
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: puppet

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1640Important

Puppet: catalog request code execution

Mar 12, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00056.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0710.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/52596
Third Party Advisory
puppetlabs.com / security/cve/cve-2013-1640
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1759-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2643
Third Party Advisory