7.5

CVE-2013-4438: saltstack salt Code Injection

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesPYSEC-2013-13UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4438
Published 05-11-2013Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4438 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Code Injection vulnerability in saltstack salt. EPSS estimates a 2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.12%
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) before 0.17.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary YAML code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the vendor states that this might not be a vulnerability because the YAML to be loaded has already been determined to be safe.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.12% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.12%

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< 0.17.1
Saltstack1 product
  • salt≤ 0.17.0 | 0.6.0 | 0.7.0 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.7 | 0.8.8 | 0.8.9 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.2 | 0.9.3 | 0.9.4 | 0.9.5 | 0.9.6 | 0.9.7 | 0.9.8 | 0.9.9 | 0.10.0 | 0.10.2 | 0.10.3 | 0.10.4 | 0.10.5 | 0.11.0 | 0.12.0 | 0.13.0 | 0.14.0 | 0.15.0 | 0.15.1 | 0.16.0 | 0.16.2 | 0.16.3 | 0.16.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • salt< 0.17.5+ds-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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