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TI-2013-03891 Aliases CVE-2013-4438GHSA-j8fm-j268-rq9p

Salt (aka SaltStack) before 0.17.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary YAML code…

Priority LOW 37CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02116 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 31

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.17.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.7VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.8VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.9VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.2VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.3VulnerableSaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.17.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.7 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.8 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.9 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.2 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.3 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
Show 21 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.4VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.5VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.6VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.7VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.8VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.9VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.2VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.3VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.4VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.5VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.11.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.12.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.13.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.14.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.15.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.15.1VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.16.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.16.2VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.16.3VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.16.4VulnerableSaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.4 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.5 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.6 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.7 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.8 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.9 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.2 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.3 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.4 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.5 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.11.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.12.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.13.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.14.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.15.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.15.1 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.16.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.16.2 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.16.3 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.16.4 Vulnerable ·SaltStack

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-4438
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j8fm-j268-rq9p

References

Patch 1

Other 1

  • TI-2020-12851 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-09349 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-07530 An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-09350 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2021-07531 An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2021-12769 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Saltstack v.3003 and before allows attacker to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
See all 51 →

Sources

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