CVE-2013-4439

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Published Nov 5, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

Salt (aka SaltStack) before 0.15.0 through 0.17.0 allows remote authenticated minions to impersonate arbitrary minions via a crafted minion with a valid key.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.17.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-0036	Salt (aka SaltStack) before 0.15.0 through 0.17.0 allows remote authenticated minions to impersonate arbitrary minions via a crafted minion with a valid key.
Github GHSA	GHSA-jmv9-5gx8-7xpf	Minion identity not validated in saltstack

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.486% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/7356

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Saltstack Salt

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 4:18 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Nov 5, 2013, 6:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 4:18 PM
Reserved: Jun 12, 2013, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:57 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 5, 2013, 6:55 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:57 PM

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