CVE-2013-6617

N/A

Published: November 5, 2013 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSalt

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

The salt master in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.11.0 through 0.17.0 does not properly drop group privileges, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Salt · Saltstack

95%

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 0.17.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html

CVSS

10HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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