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Vulnerability details: VCID-ar6e-ky6s-qqek
Vulnerability ID VCID-ar6e-ky6s-qqek
Aliases CVE-2013-4761
GHSA-cj43-9h3w-v976
Summary Puppet allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby programs from the master via the resource_type service Unspecified vulnerability 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, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby programs from the master via the resource_type service. NOTE: this vulnerability can only be exploited utilizing unspecified "local file system access" to the Puppet Master.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00009.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4761
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html
epss 0.0062 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4761
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj43-9h3w-v976
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2013-4761.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4761
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4761-resourcetype-remote-code-execution-vulnerability
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00009.html
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4761
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2013-4761.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4761
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4761
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4956
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2013-4761.yml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4761
https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4761-resourcetype-remote-code-execution-vulnerability
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761
996856 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996856
CVE-2013-4761 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4761/
GHSA-cj43-9h3w-v976 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj43-9h3w-v976
GLSA-201308-04 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201308-04
RHSA-2013:1283 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1283
RHSA-2013:1284 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1284
USN-1928-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1928-1/
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.70364
EPSS Score 0.0062
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:57:12.527983+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/10/GHSA-cj43-9h3w-v976/GHSA-cj43-9h3w-v976.json 38.6.0