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CVE-2013-4438

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-11-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

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.

Affected products

• VMware SALT: through 0.17.0; 0.6.0, 0.7.0, 0.8.0, 0.8.7, 0.8.8, 0.8.9 (+24)

References

• http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3
• http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3

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