CVE-2013-6617

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-11-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

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 products

VMware SALT: 0.11.0, 0.12.0, 0.13.0, 0.14.0, 0.15.0, 0.15.1 (+5)

References

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

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