Is CVE-2013-1653 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-1653 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-1653?

CVE-2013-1653 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

CVE-2013-1653

HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 5.4%EU EUVD

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, when listening for incoming connections is enabled and allowing access to the "run" REST endpoint is allowed, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP request.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.1 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS score: 5.4% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-1684)
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-2013-1684 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
puppet / puppet
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puppet / puppet enterprise
puppet / puppet enterprise
puppet / puppet enterprise
puppetlabs / puppet
puppetlabs / puppet
puppetlabs / puppet
puppetlabs / puppet
puppetlabs / puppet
puppetlabs / puppet
puppetlabs / puppet
puppetlabs / puppet
puppetlabs / puppet
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puppetlabs / puppet

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://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)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58446(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-1653/(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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