CVE-2013-1655

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.21 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, when running Ruby 1.9.3 or later, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "serialized attributes."

Affected products

Puppet Agent: 2.7.2, 2.7.3, 2.7.4, 2.7.5, 2.7.6, 2.7.7 (+10)
Puppet Enterprise: 3.1.0
Puppetlabs Puppet: 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.19, 2.7.20, 2.7.20-rc1

References

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

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