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CVE-2013-4435: saltstack salt Improper Authentication

CVSS: 6.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-v89f-4mc4-h6w9PYSEC-2013-12UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4435
Published 05-11-2013Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4435 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) Improper Authentication vulnerability in saltstack salt. EPSS estimates a 1.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.52%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-11-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.15.0 through 0.17.0 allows remote authenticated users who are using external authentication or client ACL to execute restricted routines by embedding the routine in another routine.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.52% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.52%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

PyPI1 product
  • salt≥ 0.15.0, < 0.17.1
Saltstack1 product
  • salt0.15.0 | 0.15.1 | 0.16.0 | 0.16.2 | 0.16.3 | 0.16.4 | 0.17.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • salt< 0.17.5+ds-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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