CVE-2013-1640
HIGH · CVSS 9.0EPSS 4.9%EU EUVD
The (1) template and (2) inline_template functions in the master server in Puppet before 2.6.18, 2.7.x before 2.7.21, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, and Puppet Enterprise before 1.2.7 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted catalog request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 4.9% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-1671)
- Published
- March 20, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-1671 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet
- puppet / puppet enterprise
- puppet / puppet enterprise
- puppet / puppet enterprise
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00004.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00056.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0710.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52596(Third Party Advisory)
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1759-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2643(Third Party Advisory)
- https://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-1640/(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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