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CVE-2013-1652

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1652 describes a vulnerability in Puppet versions before 2.6.18, 2.7.21, and 3.1.1, as well as Puppet Enterprise before 1.2.7 and 2.7.2. This flaw allows authenticated users with a valid certificate and private key to read arbitrary catalogs or poison the master's cache. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring authentication, with potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 1,428 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-2013-1652Moderate

Puppet: HTTP GET request catalog retrieval

Mar 12, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00056.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0710.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/52596
Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
puppetlabs.com / security/cve/cve-2013-1652
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1759-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2643
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/58443
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry