CVE-2013-1398

high

Published 2014-03-14 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

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

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
bullseye	Fixed	`0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
puppet	puppet_enterprise	`{"endIncluding":"2.7.0"}`
puppet	puppet_enterprise	`2.0.0`
puppet	puppet_enterprise	`2.5.1`
puppet	puppet_enterprise	`2.5.2`
puppetlabs	puppet	`2.5.0`
puppetlabs	puppet	`2.6.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-310

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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