CVE-2013-1398

high
Published 2014-03-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
8.5
VIR risk
8.5

Description

The pe_mcollective module in Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.7.1 does not properly restrict access to a catalog of private SSL keys, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information and gain privileges by leveraging root access to a node, related to the master role.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1398

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-1398

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbullseyefixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
puppetpuppet_enterprise{"endIncluding":"2.7.0"}
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.0.0
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.5.1
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.5.2
puppetlabspuppet2.5.0
puppetlabspuppet2.6.0

References

CWEs

CWE-310

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.