CVE-2013-4965

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-10-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Puppet Enterprise before 3.1.0 does not properly restrict the number of authentication attempts by a console account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

Puppet Enterprise: through 3.0.1; 3.0.0

References

http://osvdb.org/98640
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4965
http://osvdb.org/98640
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4965

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