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CVE-2013-4956

LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

Puppet Module Tool (PMT), as used in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.23 and 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and Puppet Enterprise 2.8.x before 2.8.3 and 3.0.x before 3.0.1, installs modules with weak permissions if those permissions were used when the modules were originally built, which might allow local users to read or modify those modules depending on the original permissions.

Key facts

CVSS score
3.6 (v2.0)
Severity
LOW
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
0.4% (32th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2013-4800)
Published
August 20, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4800 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet
  • puppet / puppet enterprise
  • puppet / puppet enterprise
  • puppet / puppet enterprise
  • puppet / puppet enterprise
  • puppetlabs / puppet
  • puppetlabs / puppet
  • puppetlabs / puppet

References

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

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