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CVE-2013-1655

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1655 describes a critical vulnerability in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.21 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, specifically when running on Ruby 1.9.3 or later, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through "serialized attributes." This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not been widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0456 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: puppetFixed in: 3.1.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: puppetFixed in: 2.7.21

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-574q-fxfj-wv6hhigh

Puppet Improper Input Validation vulnerability

Oct 24, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00056.html
secunia.com / advisories/52596
Vendor Advisory
puppetlabs.com / security/cve/cve-2013-1655
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1759-1
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2643
securityfocus.com / bid/58442